Brucella abortus D-alanyl-D-alanine carboxypeptidase contributes to its intracellular replication and resistance against nitric oxide

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 259, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 120-125

  Kikuchi, Hiroaki ^a   Kim, Suk ^a,b   Watanabe, Kenta ^a   Watarai, Masahisa ^a  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Brucella; Macrophages; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

1 PHENYLIMIDAZOLE; ALANYLALANINE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; MUTANT PROTEIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE REDUCTASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARBOXYPEPTIDASE TRANSPEPTIDASE;

ABORTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; GENE EXPRESSION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORB GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHAGOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CELL DIVISION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS;

ANIMALS; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; CELL DIVISION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MUTATION; NITRIC OXIDE; SERINE-TYPE D-ALA-D-ALA CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 33646723885     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00253.x     Document Type: Article

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