Management of oxidative stress in Bacillus

Annual Review of Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue , 2009, Pages 575-597

  Zuber, Peter ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrogen peroxide; Nitric oxide; OhrR; PerR; Spore; Spx

Indexed keywords

HYDROPEROXIDE DERIVATIVE; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DNA BINDING; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPORE GERMINATION; STRESS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 70349547204     PISSN: 00664227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.micro.091208.073241     Document Type: Review

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