Glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase is required for Salmonella typhimurium virulence and resistance to reactive oxygen and nitrogen intermediates

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 436-438

  Lundberg, Brita E ^a,e   Wolf Jr , Richard E ^b   Dinauer, Mary C ^c   Xu, Yisheng ^a   Fang, Ferric C ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Emory School of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY BURST; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLOSIS;

EID: 0032952196     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.1.436-438.1999     Document Type: Article

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