A molecular mechanism for bacterial susceptibility to Zinc

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  McDevitt, Christopher A ^a   Ogunniyi, Abiodun D ^a   Valkov, Eugene ^b   Lawrence, Michael C ^c   Kobe, Bostjan ^b   McEwan, Alastair G ^b   Paton, James C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; MANGANESE; METAL; METAL ION; PROTEIN PSAA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC; ADHESIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LIPOPROTEIN; PSAA PROTEIN, STREPTOCOCCUS;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL KILLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INNATE IMMUNITY; METAL BINDING; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN STABILITY; STARVATION; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THERMOSTABILITY; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BINDING COMPETITION; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ION TRANSPORT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; MUCOSA; PHYSIOLOGY; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PROTEIN BINDING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; IMMUNITY, INNATE; ION TRANSPORT; LIPOPROTEINS; MANGANESE; MICE; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; NEUTROPHILS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PROTEIN BINDING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; ZINC;

EID: 81755162996     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002357     Document Type: Article

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