A reducing system of the superoxide sensor SoxR in Escherichia coli

EMBO Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2614-2622

  Koo, Mi Sun ^a   Lee, Joon Hee ^a   Rah, So Yeon ^a   Yeo, Won Sik ^a   Lee, Jin Won ^a   Lee, Kang Lok ^a   Koh, Young Sang ^b   Kang, Sa Ouk ^a   Roe, Jung Hye ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Jeju National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ferredoxin motif; Iron sulfur cluster; Redox regulation; Reduction of SoxR; Superoxide stress

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; GENE PRODUCT; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGENASE; SUPEROXIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CHROMOSOME; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; OXIDATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULON; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; SENSOR; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; OPERON; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUPEROXIDES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; RHODOBACTER; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0038540118     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdg252     Document Type: Article

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