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Inactivation of the Moraxella catarrhalis superoxide dismutase SodA induces constitutive expression of iron-repressible outer membrane proteins.
Infection and immunity - 1 Apr 2002
Luke Nicole R, Karalus Richard J, Campagnari Anthony A
Abstract excerpt
Many pathogens produce one or more superoxide dismutases (SODs), enzymes involved in the detoxification of endogenous and exogenous reactive oxygen species that are encountered during the infection process. One detectable cytoplasmic SOD was identified in the human mucosal pathogen Moraxella catarrhalis, and the gene responsible for the SOD activity, sodA, was isolated from a recent pediatric clinical isolate...
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