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Role of manganese superoxide dismutase in a mucoid isolate of Pseudomonas aeruginosa: adaptation to oxidative stress.
Infection and immunity - 1 Jun 1996
Polack B, Dacheux D, Delic-Attree I, Toussaint B, Vignais P M
Abstract excerpt
Chronic infection by alginate-producing (mucoid) Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a leading cause of morbidity among cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. In the lungs of CF patients, the bacteria are exposed to activated oxygen species produced by the phagocytes of the host or resulting from the metabolism of oxygen. Two isoforms of superoxide dismutase are synthesized by P. aeruginosa; they differ by the metal present at...
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