In vivo transcription of the Escherichia coli oxyR regulon as a function of growth phase and in response to oxidative stress

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2759-2764

  Michán, Carmen ^a   Manchado, Manuel ^a   Dorado, Gabriel ^a   Pueyo, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PEROXIDASE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE MUTATION; HYPEROSMOLARITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REGULON; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032943524     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.9.2759-2764.1999     Document Type: Article

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