How bacteria defuse hypothiocyanite, an antimicrobial weapon of the innate immune system - University of Alabama at Birmingham

A novel activity against hypothiocyanite has been found for an E. coli enzyme and homologs enzymes in Streptococcus, Staphylococcus and Bacteroides species, with implications for diseases like cystic fibrosis and inflammatory bowel disease.

Michael Gray, Ph.D.How do a wide variety of bacteria both pathogenic and commensal survive antimicrobials released by the mammalian innate immune system? The answer for one of the antimicrobials hyp… [+4826 chars]

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