abbreviations:

AO acridine orange

AY acridine yellow

BPS bathophenanthroline sulphonate

CCC covalently closed circular

CuZnSOD copper- and zinc-containing superoxide dismutase

DMPO 5,5'-dimethylpyrroline-N-oxide

DMSO dimethylsulfoxide

DTNB 5,5'-dithiobis(2-nitrobenzoic acid)

DTPA diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid

EDTA ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid

Endo endonuclease

Exo exonuclease

FeSOD iron-containing superoxide dismutase

FL fluorescein

H2O2 hydrogen peroxide

HP hydroperoxidase

HpD hematoporphyrin derivative

LB Luria-Bertani medium

M9 minimal salts medium M9

MB methylene blue

MnSOD manganese-containing superoxide dismutase

NADH nicotinamide-adenine dinucleotide

NADPH nicotinamide-adenine dinucleotide phosphate

NR neutral red

Abbreviations, continued:

NTA nitrilotriacetic acid

O2- superoxide

OH. hydroxyl free radical

OC open circle

PR proflavin

RB rose bengal

SOD superoxide dismutase

TB toluidine blue o

TBA thiobarbituric acid

TH thionin

TSY tripticase-soy yeast medium

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