Pyruvate Oxidase as a Critical Link between Metabolism and Capsule Biosynthesis in Streptococcus pneumoniae

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2016, Pages

  Echlin, Haley ^a   Frank, Matthew W ^a   Iverson, Amy ^a   Chang, Ti Cheng ^a   Johnson, Michael D L ^a   Rock, Charles O ^a   Rosch, Jason W ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PYRUVATE OXIDASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CAPSULE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; GENE INACTIVATION; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PYRUVATE OXIDASE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84992740340     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005951     Document Type: Article

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