Choline Catabolism to Glycine Betaine Contributes to Pseudomonas aeruginosa Survival during Murine Lung Infection

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Wargo, Matthew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; CHOLINE; CHOLINE OXIDASE; HEMOLYTIC PHOSPHOLIPASE C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BETBA GENE; CATABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GBAB GENE; GBCA GENE; GENETIC EPISTASIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PLCH GENE; PLCHR GENE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION;

ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; ANIMALS; BETAINE; CHOLINE; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; GENE DELETION; LUNG; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PHENOTYPE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSFERASES (OTHER SUBSTITUTED PHOSPHATE GROUPS);

EID: 84874016048     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056850     Document Type: Article

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