An AraC/XylS family transcriptional regulator homologue from Bacteroides fragilis is associated with cell survival following DNA damage

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 278, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 249-256

  Casanueva, Ana I ^a   Paul, Lynthia ^a   Patrick, Sheila ^b   Abratt, Valerie R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteroides fragilis; DNA damage; Metronidazole; Mitomycin C; Transcriptional regulator

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE; MITOMYCIN C;

ARAC GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE; XYLS GENE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; DNA DAMAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; METRONIDAZOLE; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MITOMYCIN; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 37249032475     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.01004.x     Document Type: Article

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