Exogenous glutathione completes the defense against oxidative stress in Haemophilus influenzae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1572-1581

  Vergauwen, Bjorn ^a   Pauwels, Frederik ^a   Vaneechoutte, Mario ^b   Van Beeumen, Jozef J ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CYSTEINE; CYSTEINYLGLYCINE; GENOMIC DNA; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DERIVATIVE; HYDROPEROXIDE; METHYLGLYOXAL; NITROSOGLUTATHIONE; PEROXIDASE; TERT BUTYL HYDROPEROXIDE; TRIPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CULTURE MEDIUM; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CATALASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; METABOLIC DETOXICATION, DRUG; MUTATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PYRUVALDEHYDE; S-NITROSOGLUTATHIONE; SULFUR; TERT-BUTYLHYDROPEROXIDE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE RD KW20; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0037369926     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.5.1572-1581.2003     Document Type: Article

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