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

The pneumococcus is one of the most prodigious producers of hydrogen peroxide amongst bacterial pathogens. Hydrogen peroxide production by the pneumococcus has been implicated in antibiotic synergism, competition between other bacterial colonizers of the nasopharynx, and damage to epithelial cells....

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Autores principales: Echlin, Haley, Frank, Matthew W., Iverson, Amy, Chang, Ti-Cheng, Johnson, Michael D. L., Rock, Charles O., Rosch, Jason W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5070856/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27760231
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1005951