Detoxification of toxins by bacillithiol in Staphylococcus aureus

Microbiology

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1117-1126

  Newton, Gerald L ^a   Fahey, Robert C ^a   Rawat, Mamta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE DERIVATIVE; ACYLTRANSFERASE; AMIDASE; BACILLITHIOL; BROMOBIMANE; MONOCHLOROBIMANE; N ACETYLCYSTEINYLBIMANE; RIFAMYCIN; THIOL; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DETOXIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ACETYLTRANSFERASES; AMIDOHYDROLASES; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS; CYSTEINE; GLUCOSAMINE; PYRAZOLES; RIFAMYCINS; SEQUENCE DELETION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS;

BACILLUS SP.; DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84859140103     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.055715-0     Document Type: Article

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