A peptide permease mutant of Mycobacterium bovis BCG resistant to the toxic peptides glutathione and S-nitrosoglutathione

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 429-436

  Green, Renee M ^a   Seth, Anjali ^a   Connell, Nancy D ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; OLIGOPEPTIDE; PERMEASE; S NITROSOGLUTATHIONE; TRIPEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; GLUTATHIONE; GLYCINE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NITROSO COMPOUNDS; OPERON; S-NITROSOGLUTATHIONE;

EID: 0033972395     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.2.429-436.2000     Document Type: Article

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