Metabolism and virulence in Neisseria meningitidis

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue AUG, 2014, Pages

  Schoen, Christoph ^a   Kischkies, Laura ^a   Elias, Johannes ^a   Joseph Ampattu, Biju ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

? glutamyl cycle; Glutamate dehydrogenase; Glutathione; Neisseria meningitidis; Nitrite respiration; Oxidative stress; Pathometabolism; Virulence

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; CYTOCHROME B; CYTOCHROME C; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; LACTIC ACID; NITROUS OXIDE; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; THIOREDOXIN; CARBON; GLUTAMIC ACID; MULTIENZYME COMPLEX; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELL MOTILITY; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; COLON FLORA; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; DENITRIFICATION; ENZYME ASSAY; FLUX BALANCE ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMAN; IRON TRANSPORT; NASOPHARYNX AIRWAY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; REGULATOR GENE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ANIMAL; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; METABOLISM; METABOLOME; METABOLOMICS; MICROBIOLOGY; NASOPHARYNX; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; CARBON; CARRIER STATE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT CHAIN COMPLEX PROTEINS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; METABOLOME; METABOLOMICS; NASOPHARYNX; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; TRANSCRIPTOME; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84925883497     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22352988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2014.00114     Document Type: Article

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