Impaired oxidative stress resistance of Bacillus subtilis sigB mutants and the role of katA and katE

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-69

  Engelmann, Susanne ^a   Hecker, Michael ^a  

^a Inst Mikrobiol Molekularbiologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; katA; katE; Oxidative stress; sigB

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; GLUCOSE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL SURVIVAL; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TWO DIMENSIONAL ELECTROPHORESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 0030589073     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00388-6     Document Type: Article

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