Regulation of Bacteroides fragilis katB mRNA by oxidative stress and carbon limitation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 22, 1997, Pages 7033-7039

  Rocha, Edson R ^a   Smith, C Jeffrey ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; PHOSPHATE; PYRUVIC ACID; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBON; CATALASE; FUMARIC ACID; FUMARIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GLUCOSE; HEMIN; HERBICIDE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; KINESIN; MESSENGER RNA; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PARAQUAT; SUCCINIC ACID; XYLOSE;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA BINDING; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARVATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROMOTER REGION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS;

ACETATES; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBON; CATALASE; FUMARATES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSE; HEMIN; HERBICIDES; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; KINESIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN; PARAQUAT; PHOSPHATES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PYRUVIC ACID; RNA, MESSENGER; S PHASE; SUCCINIC ACID; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; XYLOSE;

EID: 0030613766     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.22.7033-7039.1997     Document Type: Article

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