Microbial ubiquinones: Multiple roles in respiration, gene regulation and oxidative stress management

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1817-1830

  Søballe, Britta ^a   Poole, Robert K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Oxidative stress; Respiration; ubi genes; Ubiquinone

Indexed keywords

MENADIONE; MENAQUINONE; PHYTOMENADIONE; PLASTOQUINONE; PLUMBAGIN; UBIQUINONE;

BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032843484     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-145-8-1817     Document Type: Review

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