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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Esterase D is essential for protection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae against nitrosative stress and for bacterial growth during interaction with cervical epithelial cells |
Author: | Potter, Adam Joseph Kidd, Stephen Peter Edwards, Jennifer L. Falsetta, Megan L. Apicella, Michael A. Jennings, Michael Paul McEwan, Alastair G. |
Citation: | Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2009; 200(2):273-278 |
Publisher: | University of Chicago Press |
Issue Date: | 2009 |
ISSN: | 0022-1899 |
School/Discipline: | School of Molecular and Biomedical Science |
Statement of Responsibility: | Adam J. Potter, Stephen P. Kidd, Jennifer L. Edwards, Megan L. Falsetta, Michael A. Apicella, Michael P. Jennings and Alastair G. McEwan |
Abstract: | estD encodes a carboxylic ester hydrolase and is part of the NmlR regulon in Neisseria gonorrhoeae. An estD mutant was found to be susceptible to nitrite and to S‐nitrosoglutathione. This mutant was also unable to infect and survive within human cervical epithelial cells, and it showed reduced ability to form a biofilm on these cells. We conclude that esterase D is an integral part of the nitrosative stress defense system of N. gonorrhoeae and that it has potential importance in pathogenesis. |
Description (link): | http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/599987?prevSearch=%2528Esterase%2BD%2529%2BAND%2B%255Bjournal%253A%2Bjid%255D&searchHistoryKey= |
Appears in Collections: | Molecular and Biomedical Science publications |
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