Active Fe-containing superoxide dismutase and abundant sodF mRNA in Nostoc commune (cyanobacteria) after years of desiccation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 189-197

  Shirkey, Breanne ^a   Kovarcik, Don Paul ^a   Wright, Deborah J ^a   Wilmoth, Gabriel ^a   Prickett, Todd F ^a   Helm, Richard F ^a   Gregory, Eugene M ^a   Potts, Malcolm ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICAL; IRON; MESSENGER RNA; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NOSTOC; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA; NOSTOC COMMUNE;

EID: 0033986993     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.1.189-197.2000     Document Type: Article

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