The Superoxide Dismutases of Bacillus anthracis Do Not Cooperatively Protect against Endogenous Superoxide Stress
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The superoxide dismutases of Bacillus anthracis do not cooperatively protect against endogenous superoxide stress.
The Bacillus anthracis chromosome encodes four unique, putative superoxide dismutase (sod) genes. During exponential growth and sporulation, sodA1, sodA2, and sodC are transcribed constitutively throughout the growth cycle as individual genes. In contrast, the transcription of sod15 occurs mainly during late exponential and sporulation phases as part of a four-gene operon that may be involved i...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Bacteriology
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0021-9193,1098-5530
DOI: 10.1128/jb.00239-06