Differences in nitric oxide steady states between arginine, hypoxanthine, uracil auxotrophs (AHU) and non-AHU strains of Neisseria gonorrhoeae during anaerobic respiration in the presence of nitrite

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 639-646

  Barth, Kenneth ^a   Clark, Virginia L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

aniA; Denitrification; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Nitric oxide; norB

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANAEROBIC RESPIRATION; ANIA; CELL NUMBERS; DENITRIFICATION; ELECTRON ACCEPTORS; GONORRHOEAE; GROWTH CONDITIONS; HOST DEFENSE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NITRIC OXIDE (NO); NITRIC OXIDES; NITRITE REDUCTASE; NORB; STEADY STATES; STEADY-STATE LEVEL;

STRAIN;

2,2 (DIHYROXYNITROSOHYDRAZONO)BIS ETHANIMINE; ARGININE; HYPOXANTHINE; IMINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE REDUCTASE; NITRITE; URACIL; VALINOMYCIN;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; RESPIRATION;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHY; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BREATHING PATTERN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE SEQUENCE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; STEADY STATE;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ARGININE; AUTOTROPHIC PROCESSES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; HYPOXANTHINE; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE REDUCTASES; NITRITES; OXIDOREDUCTASES; URACIL;

NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 49449103902     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W08-057     Document Type: Article

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