The molecular mechanisms and physiological consequences of oxidative stress: Lessons from a model bacterium

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 443-454

  Imlay, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CYSTINE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROLYASE; LEWIS ACID; OXYGEN; PEROXIDE; QUERCETIN; SUPEROXIDE; THIOL;

AUTOOXIDATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; ELECTRON; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; HYPEROXIA; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PEROXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; REVIEW; SCAVENGING SYSTEM;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84879422944     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: 17401534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro3032     Document Type: Review

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