Pseudomonas aeruginosa OxyR is required for full virulence in rodent and insect models of infection and for resistance to human neutrophils

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 2550-2553

  Lau, Gee W ^a   Britigan, Bradley E ^a,b   Hassett, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN OXYR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BURN; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEPSIS; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SERUM BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; VIRULENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HUMANS; MICE; NEUTROPHILS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 16244393355     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.4.2550-2553.2005     Document Type: Article

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