Antimicrobial action of copper is amplified via inhibition of heme biosynthesis

ACS Chemical Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2217-2223

  Djoko, Karrera Y ^a   McEwan, Alastair G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; CATALASE; COPPER; CYTOCHROME; DISINFECTANT AGENT; HEME; HEMOPROTEIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; METAL ION; NITRIC OXIDE REDUCTASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TRANSFER RNA; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CBB3 OXIDASE; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; COPA GENE; DISINFECTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FENTON REACTION; GONORRHEA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYMOLOGY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM;

NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COPPER; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; HEME; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 84886505032     PISSN: 15548929     EISSN: 15548937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cb4002443     Document Type: Article

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