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A versatile Escherichia coli strain for identification of biotin transporters and for biotin quantification

Biotin is an essential cofactor of carboxylase enzymes in all kingdoms of life. The vitamin is produced by many prokaryotes, certain fungi, and plants. Animals depend on biotin uptake from their diet and in humans lack of the vitamin is associated with serious disorders. Many aspects of biotin metab...

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Autores principales: Finkenwirth, Friedrich, Kirsch, Franziska, Eitinger, Thomas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Landes Bioscience 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4049904/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24256712
http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/bioe.26887