Measuring Nitric Oxide Metabolism in the Pathogen Neisseria meningitidis

Methods in Enzymology

Volumn 437, Issue , 2008, Pages 539-560

  Thomson, Melanie J ^a   Stevanin, Tania M ^b   Moir, James W B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; NITRITE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

AMPEROMETRY; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOREACTOR; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; ELECTRODE; GENE EXPRESSION; MACROPHAGE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEISSERIACEAE INFECTION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; TISSUE CULTURE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSIOLOGY;

NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NITROGEN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OXYGEN; PHYLOGENY; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 47049086638     PISSN: 00766879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0076-6879(07)37027-4     Document Type: Chapter

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