Transgenic biosynthesis of trypanothione protects escherichia coli from radiation-induced toxicity

Radiation Research

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 290-296

  Fitzgerald, Matthew P ^a   Madsen, Joshua M ^a   Coleman, Mitchell C ^a   Teoh, Melissa L T ^a   Westphal, Scott G ^a   Spitz, Douglas R ^a   Radi, Rafael ^b   Domann, Frederick E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Universidad de la Rpublica de Uruguay   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CESIUM 137; GENOMIC DNA; RADIOPROTECTIVE AGENT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TRYPANOTHIONE; TRYPANOTHIONE REDUCTASE; TRYPANOTHIONE SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GLUTATHIONE; PRIMER DNA; SPERMIDINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAMMA RADIATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOSENSITIVITY; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RADIATION RESPONSE; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DNA DAMAGE; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLUTATHIONE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMIDINE; TRANSGENES; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 77956203926     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR2235.1     Document Type: Article

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