Identification of a new gene responsible for the oxygen tolerance in aerobic life of streptococcu

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1106-1109

  Yamamoto, Yuji ^a   Higuchi, Masako ^a   Poole, Leslie B ^b   Kamio, Yoshiyuki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkyl hydroperoxide reductase; Dpr; Dps like peroxide resistance gene; NADH oxidase; Oxygen tolerance; Streptococcus mutans

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CARRIER PROTEIN; PEROXIDE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

AEROBIOSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIOXIDANTS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENOMIC LIBRARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PEROXIDES; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 0034180785     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.64.1106     Document Type: Article

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