Oxidative stress response in an anaerobe, Bacteroides fragilis: A role for catalase in protection against hydrogen peroxide

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 6895-6903

  Rocha, Edson R ^a   Selby, Tina ^a   Coleman, James P ^a   Jeffrey Smith, C ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS;

EID: 0029848194     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.23.6895-6903.1996     Document Type: Article

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