Defenses against oxidative stress in Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria meningitidis: Distinctive systems for different lifestyles

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 136-147

  Seib, Kate L ^a   Tseng, Hsing Ju ^a   McEwan, Alastair G ^a   Apicella, Michael A ^b   Jennings, Michael P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CYTOCHROME C PEROXIDASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MANGANESE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ECOLOGY; HOMEOSTASIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPECIES COMPARISON; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATALASE; CULTURE MEDIA; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MANGANESE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 3042842612     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/421299     Document Type: Article

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