A periplasmic thioredoxin-like protein plays a role in defense against oxidative stress in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 4934-4939

  Achard, Maud E S ^a   Hamilton, Amanda J ^a   Dankowski, Tarek ^a   Heras, Begoña ^a   Schembri, Mark S ^a   Edwards, Jennifer L ^b   Jennings, Michael P ^a,c   McEwan, Alastair G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DSBA PROTEIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PARAQUAT; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; THIOREDOXIN LIKE PROTEIN A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; CELL SURVIVAL; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; THERMOSTABILITY; UTERINE CERVIX EPITHELIUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PERIPLASMIC PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; THIOREDOXINS;

EID: 70350458736     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00714-09     Document Type: Article

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