Two-stage gene regulation of the superoxide stress response soxRS system in Escherichia coil

Critical Reviews in Eukaryotic Gene Expression

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 377-389

  Nunoshiba, Tatsuo ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

global defense; iron sulfur protein; nitric oxide; redox cycling; sigma factor; starvation

Indexed keywords

ENDONUCLEASE; FERREDOXIN NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE REDUCTASE; FUMARATE HYDRATASE; SUPEROXIDE;

DNA REPAIR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW;

ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0029770061     PISSN: 10454403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/CritRevEukarGeneExpr.v6.i4.30     Document Type: Review

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