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Role of Escherichia coli rpoS and associated genes in defense against oxidative damage.
Free radical biology & medicine - 1 Jan 1996
Eisenstark A, Calcutt M J, Becker-Hapak M, Ivanova A
Abstract excerpt
The first phenotype described for mutations in the Escherichia coli rpoS gene was hypersensitivity to near-ultraviolet radiation and to its oxidative photoproduct, hydrogen peroxide. Initially named nur, this gene is now known to code for a sigma factor, and has acquired new names such as katF and rpoS. The role of its protein product (sigma-38) is to regulate a battery of genes as cells enter and rest in...
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