Variations in the activity of glutathione reductase and the cellular glutathione content in relation to sensitivity to methylviologen in Escherichia coli.

doi:10.1016/0003-9861(90)90110-k

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Variations in the activity of glutathione reductase and the cellular glutathione content in relation to sensitivity to methylviologen in Escherichia coli.

Archives of biochemistry and biophysics - 1 Nov 1990

Kunert K J, Cresswell C F, Schmidt A, Mullineaux P M, Foyer C H

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To study the function of glutathione reductase and glutathione in Escherichia coli the coding sequence of the bacterial glutathione reductase gene (gor gene) was cloned into the vector pBR322, and the gor gene was expressed under the control of the promoter of the tetracycline-resistance gene (te...

Topics

Cloning, Molecular
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Escherichia coli
Glutathione
Glutathione Reductase
Mutation
Oxidation-Reduction
Paraquat

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