A polycyclic terpenoid that alleviates oxidative stress

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 6725-6729

  Bosak, T ^a   Losick, R M ^b   Pearson, A ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Lipid; Peroxide resistance; Spores; Squalene hopene cyclase

Indexed keywords

HOPANOID; ISOPRENOID; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; STEROID; TERPENOID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBON; PROTECTIVE AGENT; TERPENE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLIZATION; GENETIC CODE; ION PAIR CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BACTERIAL SPORE; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENT; ENZYMOLOGY; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; METABOLISM; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENVIRONMENT; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TERPENES;

EID: 44349145919     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0800199105     Document Type: Article

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