Tellurite: History, oxidative stress, and molecular mechanisms of resistance: Review article

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 820-832

  Chasteen, Thomas Girard ^b   Fuentes, Derie Esteban ^a   Tantaleán, Juan Carlos ^c   Vásquez, Claudio Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Universidad Nacional San Luis Gonzaga   (Peru)

Author keywords

Chalcogen; Escherichia coli; Metalloid; Reactive oxygen species; Tellurite; Thiol

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; SULFUR; TELLURITE; TELLURIUM DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL KINETICS; BACTERIAL MUTATION; CELL STRESS; GENE FUNCTION; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REDUCTION; REVIEW;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; TELLURIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 66749169975     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: 15746976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2009.00177.x     Document Type: Review

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