Nitrate respiration protects hypoxic Mycobacterium tuberculosisagainst acid- and reactive nitrogen species stresses

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Tan, Mai Ping ^a,d   Sequeira, Patricia ^a   Lin, Wen Wei ^b   Phong, Wai Yee ^a   Cliff, Penelope ^a   Ng, Seow Hwee ^a   Lee, Boon Heng ^a   Camacho, Luis ^a   Schnappinger, Dirk ^c   Ehrt, Sabine ^c   Dick, Thomas ^a   Pethe, Kevin ^a   Alonso, Sylvie ^b  

^a NOVARTIS INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL DISEASES   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; NITRATE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; OXYGEN; PROTEIN NARGH; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CELL DEATH; CELL RESPIRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HYPOXIA; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NITRATIVE STRESS; NONHUMAN; TUBERCULOSIS; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; METABOLISM; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

ACIDS; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NITRATES; OXYGEN; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES;

EID: 78149425904     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013356     Document Type: Article

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