The Moraxella catarrhalis nitric oxide reductase is essential for nitric oxide detoxification

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2804-2813

  Wang, Wei ^a,d   Kinkel, Traci ^b   Martens Habbena, Willm ^c   Stahl, David A ^c   Fang, Ferric C ^b   Hansen, Eric J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c University of Washington   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIA PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE REDUCTASE; NITRITE; NITROGEN OXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE; NORB PROTEIN; NSRR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROBIC CELL CULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CATABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; DETOXIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; IN VITRO STUDY; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NITROSYLATION; NONHUMAN; PLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WILD TYPE;

GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITES; NITROUS OXIDE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 79958173727     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00139-11     Document Type: Article

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