Redox signaling and gene control in the Escherichia coli soxRS oxidative stress regulon - A review

Gene

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 53-57

  Demple, Bruce ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

FeS clusters; Nitric oxide; Superoxide; Transcriptional control

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; SUPEROXIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INDUCTION; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULON; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030574274     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(96)00329-0     Document Type: Article

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