Transcriptional analysis of the rubrerythrin and superoxide dismutase genes of Clostridium perfringens

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 7136-7139

  Geissmann, Thomas A ^a   Teuber, Michael ^a   Meile, Leo ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DNA SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM PERFINGENS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032697060     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.22.7136-7139.1999     Document Type: Article

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