Aerobic L-ascorbate metabolism and associated oxidative stress in Escherichia coli

Microbiology

Volumn 153, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3399-3408

  Campos, Evangelina ^a   Montella, Cristina ^a   Garces, Fernando ^a   Baldoma, Laura ^a   Aguilar, Juan ^a   Badia, Josefa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 EPIMERASE; 4 EPIMERASE; ABC TRANSPORTER; ALKYLHYDROPEROXIDE REDUCTASE; ASCORBIC ACID; CARBOXYLYASE; CASEIN HYDROLYSATE; EPIMERASE; GLUTAMINE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROLINE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; ASCORBIC ACID METABOLISM; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CELL METABOLISM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; OPERON; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEOMICS; REGULON; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AEROBIOSIS; ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CARBOHYDRATE EPIMERASES; CARBOXY-LYASES; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PEROXIREDOXINS; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES; PROTEOME;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ULA;

EID: 35448980311     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2007/009613-0     Document Type: Article

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