Streptococcus pyogenes arginine and citrulline catabolism promotes infection and modulates innate immunity

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 233-242

  Cusumano, Zachary T ^a   Watson Jr , Michael E ^a,b   Caparon, Michael G ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ARGININE DEIMINASE; CITRULLINE; RNA;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CATABOLISM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DELETION MUTANT; ENERGY YIELD; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INNATE IMMUNITY; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 84890824598     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00916-13     Document Type: Article

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