Characterisation of the katA gene encoding a catalase and evidence for at least a second catalase activity in Staphylococcus xylosus, bacteria used in food fermentation

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 216, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 277-283

  Barrière, Charlotte ^a   Brückner, Reinhold ^b   Centeno, Delphine ^a   Talon, Régine ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catalase; KatA expression; KatA gene; KatA mutant; Staphylococcus xylosus

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CATALASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRON; MANGANESE; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPLETION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION TECHNIQUE; FOOD PROCESSING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE PROBE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS XYLOSUS; WILD TYPE;

BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CATALASE; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS XYLOSUS;

EID: 0037027534     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(02)01030-3     Document Type: Article

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