A trigger enzyme in mycoplasma pneumoniae: Impact of the glycerophosphodiesterase glpq on virulence and gene expression

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Schmidl, Sebastian R ^a   Otto, Andreas ^b   Lluch Senar, Maria ^c   Piñol, Jaume ^c   Busse, Julia ^a   Becher, Dörte ^b   Stülke, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROPHOSPHODIESTERASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MESSENGER RNA; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PROTEIN GLPQ; PROTEIN MPN566; PROTEOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE OXIDASE; GLYCEROL-3-PHOSPHATE OXIDASE; GLYCEROPHOSPHODIESTER PHOSPHODIESTERASE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CARBON SOURCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; WILD TYPE; CELL SURVIVAL; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE;

CELL SURVIVAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLYCEROLPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PHOSPHORIC DIESTER HYDROLASES; PROTEOME; VIRULENCE;

EID: 80053442784     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002263     Document Type: Article

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