Mechanism of oxygen detoxification by the surprisingly oxygen-tolerant hyperthermophilic archaeon, Pyrococcus furiosus

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

Volumn 109, Issue 45, 2012, Pages 18547-18552

  Thorgersen, Michael P ^a   Stirrett, Karen ^a   Scott, Robert A ^a   Adams, Michael W W ^a  

^a University of Georgia   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FERREDOXIN; FLAVODIIRON PROTEIN A; HYDROGEN; HYDROGENASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; OXYGEN; RUBREDOXIN; SUPEROXIDE REDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL GROWTH; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DETOXIFICATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HYPERTHERMOPHILIC ARCHAEON; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; ELECTRONS; FLAVOPROTEINS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGENASE; METABOLIC DETOXICATION, DRUG; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXYGEN; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; RUBREDOXINS; TEMPERATURE;

ARCHAEA; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS;

EID: 84868552594     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1208605109     Document Type: Article

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