Distribution, cloning, characterisation and mutagenesis of sodC, the gene encoding copper/zinc superoxide dismutase, a potential determinant of virulence, in Haemophilus ducreyi

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 235-242

  Langford, Paul R ^a   Kroll, J Simon ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

chancroid; copper zinc superoxide dismutase; Haemophilus ducreyi; pathogenicity; sodC

Indexed keywords

COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SUPEROXIDE;

ARTICLE; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULCUS MOLLE; VIRULENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0031127891     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(97)00011-4     Document Type: Article

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