The role of antioxidant enzymes in response of Escherichia coli to osmotic upshift

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 209-213

  Smirnova, Galina V ^a   Muzyka, Nadezda G ^a   Oktyabrsky, Oleg N ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GENETICS OF MICROORGANISMS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzyme; Escherichia coli; Osmotic upshift

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CATALASE; IRON; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; OSMOTIC STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AEROBIOSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CATALASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; KINETICS; MUTATION; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUCROSE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0034607614     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(00)00148-8     Document Type: Article

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