The rggC locus, with a frameshift mutation, is involved in oxidative stress response by Streptococcus thermophilus

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 161-169

  Fernandez, Annabelle ^a   Borges, Frédéric ^a   Gintz, Brigitte ^a   Decaris, Bernard ^a   Leblond Bourget, Nathalie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Frameshift mutation; Genetic variability; Oxidative stress response; Rgg; Streptococcus thermophilus; Transcriptional regulator

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; BACTERIAL DNA; MENADIONE; PROTEIN; SUPEROXIDE; THYMINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RGGC GENE; RGGC1 GENE; RGGC2 GENE; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WILD TYPE;

STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 33747696546     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-006-0130-8     Document Type: Article

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