Reconstruction of xylose utilization pathway and regulons in Firmicutes

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Many Firmicutes bacteria, including solvent-producing clostridia such as <it>Clostridium acetobutylicum</it>, are able to utilize xylose, an abundant carbon source in nature. Nevertheless, homology searches failed to reco...

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Main Authors: Zhang Weiwen, Yang Sheng, Rodionov Dmitry A, Sun Zhe, Ren Cong, Ding Yi, Gu Yang, Yang Chen, Jiang Weihong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-04-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/11/255