Catalase inhibition by nitric oxide potentiates hydrogen peroxide to trigger catastrophic chromosome fragmentation in Escherichia coli
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Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2, HP) is a universal toxin that organisms deploy to kill competing or invading cells. Bactericidal action of H2O2 presents several questions. First, the lethal H2O2 concentrations in bacterial cultures are 1000x higher than, for example,... ...