Oxidative stress response genes in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Role of ahpC in resistance to peroxynitrite and stage-specific survival in macrophages

Microbiology

Volumn 148, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 3139-3144

  Master, S S ^a   Springer, B ^a   Sander, P ^a   Boettger, E C ^a   Deretic, V ^a   Timmins, G S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ahpC; Latency; M. tuberculosis; Nitric oxide; Peroxynitrite

Indexed keywords

ALKYLHYDROPEROXIDE REDUCTASE; ANTIOXIDANT; BACTERIAL ENZYME; GAMMA INTERFERON; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; PEROXYNITRITE; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC CODE; KNOCKOUT GENE; MACROPHAGE; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ANIMALIA; BACILLI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROKARYOTA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0036772990     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-148-10-3139     Document Type: Article

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