Hydrogen Peroxide-Mediated Killing of Caenorhabditis elegans: A Common Feature of Different Streptococcal Species

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 1192-1194

  Bolm, Maike ^a   Jansen, Wouter T M ^b   Schnabel, Ralf ^c   Chhatwal, Gursharan S ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0842326200     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.2.1192-1194.2004     Document Type: Article

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