Escherichia coli Δfur mutant displays low HPII catalase activity in stationary phase

Redox Report

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 379-383

  Benov, Ludmil ^a   Sequeira, Fatima ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CATALASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; IRON; OXYGEN; PEROXIDASE; PROTEIN FUR; TRACE ELEMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; HYDROPEROXIDASE II; IRON UPTAKE REGULATION PROTEIN, BACTERIA; IRON-UPTAKE REGULATION PROTEIN, BACTERIA; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR KATF PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FENTON REACTION; IRON METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN TOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; CELL CULTURE; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; TIME;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATALASE; CELL-FREE SYSTEM; CELLS, CULTURED; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRON; MUTATION; OXYGEN; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGMA FACTOR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1642464644     PISSN: 13510002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/135100003225003357     Document Type: Article

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