An iron-regulated alkyl hydroperoxide reductase (AhpC) confers aerotolerance and oxidative stress resistance to the microaerophilic pathogen Campylobacter jejuni

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 4798-4804

  Baillon, Marie Louise A ^a   Van Vliet, Arnoud H M ^b,c   Ketley, Julian M ^b   Constantinidou, Chrystala ^a   Penn, Charles W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CATALASE; FERREDOXIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRON; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI;

EID: 0032837846     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.16.4798-4804.1999     Document Type: Article

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