The role of BmoR, a MarR Family Regulator, in the survival of Bacteroides fragilis during oxidative stress

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 303, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 443-448

  Teixeira, Felipe Lopes ^a   Silva, Deborah Nascimento dos Santos ^a   Pauer, Heidi ^a   Ferreira, Livia Queiroz ^b   Ferreira, Eliane de Oliveira ^a   Domingues, Regina Maria Cavalcanti Pilotto ^a   Lobo, Leandro Araujo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bacteroides fragilis; MarR; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BMOR GENE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GENE INACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; UPREGULATION;

BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; MARR; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84887608792     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2013.05.007     Document Type: Article

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