Superoxide stress decreases expression of srfA through inhibition of transcription of the comQXP quorum-sensing locus in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 203-211

  Ohsawa, Taku ^a   Tsukahara, Kensuke ^a   Sato, Tsutomu ^b   Ogura, Mitsuo ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Oxidative stress; Quorum sensing; sodA; srfA

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN; PARAQUAT; PHLEOMYCIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SODA PROTEIN; SUPEROXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; COMQXP OPERON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUORUM SENSING; SRFA OPERON; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARAQUAT; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; QUORUM SENSING; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SUPEROXIDES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFERASES;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 33645297123     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvj023     Document Type: Article

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