Characterization of the Haemophilus influenzae tehB gene and its role in virulence

Microbiology

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1188-1200

  Whitby, Paul W ^a   Seale, Thomas W ^a   Morton, Daniel J ^a   Vanwagoner, Timothy M ^a,b   Stull, Terrence L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CUMENE HYDROPEROXIDE; HAPTOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PROTEIN TEHB; TERT BUTYL HYDROPEROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HAEMOPHILUS MENINGITIS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VIRUS VIRULENCE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEME; HUMANS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; RATTUS;

EID: 77950675664     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.036400-0     Document Type: Article

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