Comparative study of the roles of AhpC and KatE as respiratory antioxidants in Brucella abortus 2308

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 4912-4922

  Steele, Kendra H ^a   Baumgartner, John E ^a   Valderas, Michelle Wright ^a,b   Roop II, R Martin ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOVELACE RESPIRATORY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYL HYDROPEROXIDE REDUCTASE COMPLEX; ANTIOXIDANT; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; KATE ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PEROXYNITROUS ACID;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; DETOXIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; VIRULENCE;

BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS; MUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PEROXYNITROUS ACID; VIRULENCE;

EID: 77957350287     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00231-10     Document Type: Article

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