Characterization of a peroxide-resistant mutant of the anaerobic bacterium Bacteroides fragilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 5906-5912

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

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; CUMENE HYDROPEROXIDE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; TRANS ACTING FACTOR;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FUSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; FELIS CATUS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031734418     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.22.5906-5912.1998     Document Type: Article

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