Genetic analysis of an important oxidative stress locus in the anaerobe Bacteroides fragilis

Gene

Volumn 316, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 167-175

  Herren, Christopher D ^a,b   Rocha, Edson R ^a   Smith, C Jeffrey ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytochrome c peroxidase; OxyR; Thioredoxin peroxidase

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MESSENGER RNA; PEROXIDE; PEROXIDE CUMENE HYDROPEROXIDE; PROTEIN; TERT BUTYL HYDROPEROXIDE; THIOREDOXIN PEROXIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CISTRON; EXPOSURE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS;

EID: 0141887670     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(03)00759-5     Document Type: Article

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