Gene Review:
nfsB - dihydropteridine reductase, NAD(P)H...
Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655
Synonyms:
ECK0570, JW0567, dprA, nfnB, nfsI, ...
- Physical characterisation of the Escherichia coli B gene encoding nitroreductase and its over-expression in Escherichia coli K12. Michael, N.P., Brehm, J.K., Anlezark, G.M., Minton, N.P. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. (1994)
- Gene cloning, purification, and characterization of NfsB, a minor oxygen-insensitive nitroreductase from Escherichia coli, similar in biochemical properties to FRase I, the major flavin reductase in Vibrio fischeri. Zenno, S., Koike, H., Tanokura, M., Saigo, K. J. Biochem. (1996)
- Late expression of nitroreductase in an oncolytic adenovirus sensitizes colon cancer cells to the prodrug CB1954. Lukashev, A.N., Fuerer, C., Chen, M.J., Searle, P., Iggo, R. Hum. Gene Ther. (2005)
- Salmonella typhimurium mutagenicity tester strains that overexpress oxygen-insensitive nitroreductases nfsA and nfsB. Carroll, C.C., Warnakulasuriyarachchi, D., Nokhbeh, M.R., Lambert, I.B. Mutat. Res. (2002)
- Nitroreductase-based GDEPT. Denny, W.A. Curr. Pharm. Des. (2002)
- Oxygen-insensitive nitroreductases: analysis of the roles of nfsA and nfsB in development of resistance to 5-nitrofuran derivatives in Escherichia coli. Whiteway, J., Koziarz, P., Veall, J., Sandhu, N., Kumar, P., Hoecher, B., Lambert, I.B. J. Bacteriol. (1998)
- Targeted disruption of the gene encoding the classical nitroreductase enzyme in Salmonella typhimurium Ames test strains TA1535 and TA1538. Yamada, M., Espinosa-Aguirre, J.J., Watanabe, M., Matsui, K., Sofuni, T., Nohmi, T. Mutat. Res. (1997)