Citrulline protects Streptococcus pyogenes from acid stress using the arginine deiminase pathway and the F1Fo-ATPase

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 197, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1288-1296

  Cusumano, Zachary T ^a   Caparon, Michael G ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMMONIA; ARGININE; ARGININE DEIMINASE; CITRULLINE; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CULTURE MEDIUM; HYDROLASE; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CATABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PH; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MURINAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ACIDS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CITRULLINE; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROLASES; MUTATION; PROTON-TRANSLOCATING ATPASES; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84924706134     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.02517-14     Document Type: Article

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