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Importance of anaerobic superoxide dismutase synthesis in facilitating outgrowth of Escherichia coli upon entry into an aerobic habitat.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Dec 1994
Kargalioglu Y, Imlay J A
Abstract excerpt
The manganese-containing isozyme of superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) is synthesized by Escherichia coli only during aerobiosis, in accordance with the fact that superoxide can be formed only in aerobic environments. In contrast, E. coli continues to synthesize the iron-containing isozyme (FeSOD) even in the absence of oxygen. A strain devoid of FeSOD exhibited no deficits during either anaerobic or continuously...
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