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Oxidative stress defense mechanisms to counter iron-promoted DNA damage in Helicobacter pylori.
Free radical research - 1 Nov 2005
Wang Ge, Conover Richard C, Olczak Adriana A, Alamuri Praveen, Johnson Michael K, Maier Robert J
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Iron, a key element in Fenton chemistry, causes oxygen-related toxicity to cells of most living organisms. Helicobacter pylori is a microaerophilic bacterium that infects human gastric mucosa and causes a series of gastric diseases. Exposure of H. pylori cells to air for 2 h elevated the level of...
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