Virulence of Streptococcus pneumoniae: PsaA mutants are hypersensitive to oxidative stress

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 1635-1639

  Tseng, Hsing Ju ^a   McEwan, Alastair G ^a   Paton, James C ^a   Jennings, Michael P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MANGANESE; PROTEIN PSAA; PROTEIN PSAD; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE; SUPEROXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INDUCTION; HOMEOSTASIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CATIONS, DIVALENT; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LIPOPROTEINS; MANGANESE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; MUTATION; NADH, NADPH OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARAQUAT; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 0036178058     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.3.1635-1639.2002     Document Type: Article

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