Flavodoxin mutants of Escherichia coli K-12

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1788-1793

  Gaudu, Philippe ^a   Weiss, Bernard ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Glenn Memorial Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAVODOXIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PARAQUAT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL VIABILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; GENE INSERTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULON;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FLAVODOXIN; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, ESSENTIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN; PARAQUAT; PHENOTYPE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REGULON; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0034020742     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.7.1788-1793.2000     Document Type: Article

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