EmrA1 membrane fusion protein of Francisella tularensisLVS is required for resistance to oxidative stress, intramacrophage survival and virulence in mice

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 976-995

  Ma, Zhuo ^a   Banik, Sukalyani ^b   Rane, Harshita ^a   Mora, Vanessa T ^b   Rabadi, Seham M ^b   Doyle, Christopher R ^c   Thanassi, David G ^c   Bakshi, Chandra Shekhar ^b   Malik, Meenakshi ^a  

^a ALBANY COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; EMRA1 MEMBRANE FUSION PROTEIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MEMBRANE FUSION PROTEIN; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENICITY; PHAGOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON; WILD TYPE;

FRANCISELLA; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; MUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEMS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MACROPHAGES; MEMBRANE FUSION; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NADPH OXIDASE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; TULAREMIA; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84896732204     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12509     Document Type: Article

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