Characterization of the major superoxide dismutase of Staphylococcus aureus and its role in starvation survival, stress resistance, and pathogenicity

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 3898-3903

  Clements, Mark O ^a   Watson, Sean P ^a   Foster, Simon J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; MANGANESE; PARAQUAT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENOTYPE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STARVATION; STRESS; TRANSPOSON;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0033056490     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.13.3898-3903.1999     Document Type: Article

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