noxR3, a novel gene from Mycobacterium tuberculosis, protects Salmonella typhimurium from nitrosative and oxidative stress

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 3276-3283

  Ruan, Jia ^a   St John, Gregory ^a   Ehrt, Sabine ^b   Riley, Lee ^b   Nathan, Carl ^a,c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WMCCU ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; NITROGEN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; S NITROSOGLUTATHIONE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CELL SURVIVAL; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MACROPHAGE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0033045170     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.7.3276-3283.1999     Document Type: Article

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