Two divergent catalase genes are differentially regulated during Aspergillus nidulans development and oxidative stress

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 3284-3292

  Kawasaki, Laura ^a   Wysong, Deborah ^b   Diamond, Richard ^b   Aguirre, Jesús ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGÍA CELULAR   (Mexico)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; DETOXIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ASCOMYCOTA; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI;

EID: 0030995326     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.10.3284-3292.1997     Document Type: Article

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