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Interaction of Copper Toxicity and Oxidative Stress in Campylobacter jejuni.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Nov 2018
Gardner Susan P, Olson Jonathan W
Abstract excerpt
Copper is both a required micronutrient and a source of toxicity in most organisms, including Campylobacter jejuni Two proteins expressed in C. jejuni (termed CopA and CueO) have been shown to be a copper transporter and multicopper oxidase, respectively. We have isolated strains with mutations in these genes, and here we report that they were more susceptible to both the addition of copper in the growth media...
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