Ergothioneine is a secreted antioxidant in Mycobacterium smegmatis

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 3202-3207

  Emani, Carine Sao ^a   Williams, Monique J ^a,b   Wiid, Ian J ^a   Hiten, Nicholas F ^a   Viljoen, Albertus J ^a   Pietersen, Ray Dean D ^a   Van Helden, Paul D ^a   Baker, Bienyameen ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYCOTHIOL {1 O [2 (N ACETYL LEVO CYSTEINYL)AMIDO 2 DEOXY ALPHA DEXTRO GLUCOPYRANOSYL] D MYOINOSITOL; PEROXIDE; THIOL; THIONEINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE DELETION; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; CYSTEINE; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ERGOTHIONEINE; GLYCOPEPTIDES; INOSITOL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 84879009153     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.02572-12     Document Type: Article

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