Agrobacterium tumefaciens soxR is involved in superoxide stress protection and also directly regulates superoxide-inducible expression of itself and a target gene

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 8669-8673

  Eiamphungporn, Warawan ^a,b,c   Charoenlap, Nisanart ^b   Vattanaviboon, Paiboon ^a   Mongkolsuk, Skorn ^a,b  

^a Chulabhorn Research Institute   (Thailand)

^b Mahidol University   (Thailand)

^c Wing Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN ATU5152; PROTEIN SOXR; SUPEROXIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SOXR GENE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SUPEROXIDES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33845411514     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00856-06     Document Type: Article

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