The physiology and genetics of oxidative stress in mycobacteria

Microbiology Spectrum

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Cumming, Bridgette M ^a   Lamprecht, Dirk A ^a   Wells, Ryan M ^a,b   Saini, Vikram ^b   Mazorodze, James H ^a   Steyn, Adrie J C ^a,b  

^a AFRICA HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; FREE RADICAL;

ADAPTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANTIOXIDANTS; FREE RADICALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84956706134     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21650497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/microbiolspec.MGM2-0019-2013     Document Type: Article

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