Identification of Francisella tularensis live vaccine strain CuZn superoxide dismutase as critical for resistance to extracellularly generated reactive oxygen species

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 6447-6456

  Melillo, Amanda A ^a   Mahawar, Manish ^a   Sellati, Timothy J ^a   Malik, Meenakshi ^a   Metzger, Dennis W ^a   Melendez, J Andres ^a   Bakshi, Chandra Shekhar ^a  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; IRON SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; LIVE VACCINE; NITRIC OXIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TULAREMIA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MACROPHAGES, ALVEOLAR; MICE; MUTATION; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TULAREMIA; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; MUS;

EID: 70350449301     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00534-09     Document Type: Article

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