Staphylococcus aureus NfrA (SA0367) is a flavin mononucleotide-dependent NADPH oxidase involved in oxidative stress response

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 2249-2256

  Streker, Karin ^a   Freiberg, Christoph ^b   Labischinski, Harald ^b   Hacker, Jörg ^a   Ohlsen, Knut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DIAMIDE; DISULFIDE; FLAVINE MONONUCLEOTIDE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NITROFURANTOIN; NITROREDUCTASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE; SIGMA FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PROTEIN A;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEAT SHOCK; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SOIL MICROFLORA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DIAMIDE; ETHANOL; FLAVIN MONONUCLEOTIDE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; NADP; NADPH OXIDASE; NITROFURANTOIN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 15244355729     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.7.2249-2256.2005     Document Type: Article

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