Genetic characterization and role in virulence of the ribonucleotide reductases of Streptococcus sanguinis

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 289, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 6273-6287

  Rhodes, DeLacy V ^a   Crump, Katie E ^a   Makhlynets, Olga ^b   Snyder, Melanie ^a   Ge, Xiuchun ^a   Xu, Ping ^a   Stubbe, JoAnne ^b   Kitten, Todd ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC CONDITION; ANTIMICROBIAL TARGETS; BACTERIAL PATHOGENS; DEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; GENETIC CHARACTERIZATION; INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE; THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE;

AEROBIC BACTERIA; GENE ENCODING;

MANGANESE;

RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCARDITIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NRDHEKF GENE; NRDI GENE; NRDJ GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS; TRXR1 GENE;

BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL PATHOGENESIS; INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS; MANGANESE; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE; STREPTOCOCCUS;

AEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; OXYGEN; RABBITS; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84896827227     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M113.533620     Document Type: Article

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