The dual-functioning fumarate reductase is the sole succinate:quinone reductase in Campylobacter jejuni and is required for full host colonization

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 5293-5300

  Weingarten, Rebecca A ^a,b   Taveirne, Michael E ^a   Olson, Jonathan W ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; ASPARTIC ACID; CARBOXYLIC ACID; FUMARATE REDUCTASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SERINE; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE; SUCCINATE:QUINONE REDUCTASE; SUCCINIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CARBON METABOLISM; CARBON SOURCE; CHICKEN; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLUCOSE UTILIZATION; GROWTH CURVE; HOST; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHOLE CELL; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHICKENS; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; FUMARATES; MODELS, GENETIC; OXYGEN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE; SUCCINIC ACID;

CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 67749101854     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00166-09     Document Type: Article

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