Sinorhizobium meliloti rpoE2 is necessary for H2O2 stress resistance during the stationary growth phase

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 290, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-31

  Flechard, Maud ^a   Fontenelle, Catherine ^a   Trautwetter, Annie ^a   Ermel, Gwennola ^a   Blanco, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

E; External superoxides; Hydrogen peroxide; KatC; SodC; Transcription regulation

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATALASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MUTATION; SIGMA FACTOR; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 57449119691     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01401.x     Document Type: Article

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