Accumulation of manganese in Neisseria gonorrhoeae correlates with resistance to oxidative killing by superoxide anion and is independent of superoxide dismutase activity

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1175-1186

  Tseng, H J ^a   Srikhanta, Y ^a   McEwan, A G ^a   Jennings, M P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANGANESE; SUPEROXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CULTURE MEDIA; MANGANESE; MUTATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PERIPLASMIC BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SUPEROXIDES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 0034973791     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02460.x     Document Type: Article

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