Antioxidant vitamins C and E affect the superoxide-mediated induction of the soxRS regulon of Escherichia coli

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1731-1736

  Fuentes, Ana M ^a   Amábile Cuevas, Carlos F ^a,b  

^a Fundacion LUSARA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Escherichia coli; soxRS; Superoxide radical; Vitamins C and E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; OXYGEN RADICAL; PARAQUAT; SUPEROXIDE;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULON;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031823244     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-7-1731     Document Type: Article

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