Evidence for distinctive mechanisms of S-nitrosoglutathione metabolism by AdhC in two closely related species, Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria meningitidis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1534-1536

  Potter, Adam J ^a   Kidd, Stephen P ^a   Jennings, Michael P ^a   McEwan, Alastair G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXIDOREDUCTASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; S NITROSOGLUTATHIONE;

ADHC GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STOP CODON;

ALDEHYDE OXIDOREDUCTASES; CATALYSIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; S-NITROSOGLUTATHIONE;

EID: 33847741834     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01634-06     Document Type: Article

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