The NsrR regulon in nitrosative stress resistance of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1179-1193

  Karlinsey, Joyce E ^a   Bang, Iel Soo ^a,c   Becker, Lynne A ^a,d   Frawley, Elaine R ^a   Porwollik, Steffen ^b   Robbins, Hannah F ^a   Thomas, Vinai Chittezham ^a,e   Urbano, Rodolfo ^a   Mcclelland, Michael ^b   Fang, Ferric C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Vaccine Research Institute of San Diego   (United States)

^c School of Dentistry   (South Korea)

^d Covance Genomics Laboratory ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METALLOPROTEIN; NITRIC OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC; ZINC METALLOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HCP HCR GENE; HMP GENE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METAL BINDING; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NITROSATIVE STRESS; NONHUMAN; NSRR GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULON; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STM1808 GENE; YEAR YOAG GENE; YGBA GENE; YTFE GENE;

ANIMALS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; MICE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NITRIC OXIDE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULON; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTOME; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

MUS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 84866045625     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2012.08167.x     Document Type: Article

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