Molecular cloning and nucleotide sequence of the superoxide dismutase gene and characterization of its product from Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 3697-3703

  Inaoka, Takashi ^a   Matsumura, Yoshinobu ^a   Tsuchido, Tetsuaki ^a  

^a KANSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANGANESE; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; PARAQUAT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032464905     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.14.3697-3703.1998     Document Type: Article

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