Endogenous nitric oxide protects bacteria against a wide spectrum of antibiotics

Science

Volumn 325, Issue 5946, 2009, Pages 1380-1384

  Gusarov, Ivan ^a   Shatalin, Konstantin ^a   Starodubtseva, Marina ^a   Nudler, Evgeny ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRIFLAVINE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFUROXIME; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PYOCYANINE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NITRIC OXIDE; PHYSIOLOGY; SURVIVAL; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; DEFENSE MECHANISM; ENZYME INHIBITION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES HABITAT;

ACRIFLAVINE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOSIS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA; CEFUROXIME; MUTATION; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PYOCYANINE; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 70249096979     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1175439     Document Type: Article

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