General and oxidative stress responses in Bacillus subtilis: Cloning, expression, and mutation of the alkyl hydroperoxide reductase operon

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 6571-6578

  Antelmann, Haike ^a   Engelmann, Susanne ^a   Schmid, Roland ^b   Hecker, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CUMENE HYDROPEROXIDE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROPEROXIDE REDUCTASE; MESSENGER RNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HEAT STRESS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULON; STRESS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHANDIPURA VIRUS;

EID: 0029855070     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.22.6571-6578.1996     Document Type: Article

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