Superoxide dismutase B gene (sodB)-deficient mutants of Francisella tularensis demonstrate hypersensitivity to oxidative stress and attenuated virulence

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 6443-6448

  Bakshi, Chandra Shekhar ^a   Malik, Meenakshi ^a   Regan, Kevin ^a   Melendez, J Andres ^a   Metzger, Dennis W ^a   Pavlov, Vitaly M ^b   Sellati, Timothy J ^a  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b STATE RESEARCH CENTER FOR APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODB GENE; TULAREMIA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENE DELETION; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARAQUAT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TULAREMIA; VACCINES, ATTENUATED; VIRULENCE;

FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS;

EID: 33749019466     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00266-06     Document Type: Article

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