| Literature DB >> 20086004 |
Bhumit A Patel1, Brian R Crane.
Abstract
Homologs to mammalian nitric oxide synthases are found in many mostly Gram-positive bacteria. In some genera such as bacilli, and staphylococci, these enzymes produce protects against oxidative damage, this effect has now been shown to provide an advantage against antibiotics that kill by increasing cellular levels of reactive oxygen species.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20086004 DOI: 10.1093/jmcb/mjp044
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Mol Cell Biol ISSN: 1759-4685 Impact factor: 6.216