How obligatory is anaerobiosis?

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 801-804

  Imlay, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CATALASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OXYGEN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; SUPEROXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REACTION ANALYSIS;

ANAEROBIOSIS; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM;

EID: 42549088340     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06213.x     Document Type: Note

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