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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Evaluation of nitrate reductase assay in 7H11 agar for diagnosis of multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis in eastern Nepal.
Anemia, Hypochromic
Spermine ameliorates prolonged fluoride toxicity in soil-grown rice seedlings by activating the antioxidant machinery and glyoxalase system.
Anthracosis
[Oxidative injury and serum cytokines in coal workers with pneumoconiosis]
Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia is associated with reduced oral nitrate reductase activity in extremely preterm infants.
Carcinogenesis
Chronic atrophic gastritis and risk of N-nitroso compounds carcinogenesis.
N-nitrosation of medicinal drugs catalysed by bacteria from human saliva and gastro-intestinal tract, including Helicobacter pylori.
Cholera
Light regulation of nitrate reductase gene expression in maize involves a G-protein.
Colitis, Ulcerative
Serum nitrate levels in ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease.
Cystitis
Urinary nitrite: more than a marker of infection.
Dehydration
Ammonium uptake and metabolism alleviate PEG-induced water stress in rice seedlings.
Biological seed priming mitigates the effects of water stress in sunflower seedlings.
Combined effects of water stress and high temperature on photosynthesis, nitrogen metabolism and lipid peroxidation of a perennial grass Leymus chinensis.
Differential requirement for NO during ABA-induced stomatal closure in turgid and wilted leaves.
Drought effect on nitrate reductase and sucrose-phosphate synthase activities in wheat (Triticum durum L.): role of leaf internal CO2.
Effect of Water Stress on the Reduction of Nitrate and Nitrite by Soybean Nodules.
Effects of Water Stress on the Activities of Three Enzymes in Maize Seedlings.
Effects of water stress on the gas exchange, the activities of some enzymes of carbon and nitrogen metabolism, and on the pool sizes of some organic acids in maize leaves.
Foliar application of fungicide-opera alleviates negative impact of water stress in soybean plants.
Involvement of antioxidant enzyme and nitrate reductase activities during water stress and recovery of mycorrhizal Myrtus communis and Phillyrea angustifolia plants.
MEMBRANE THERMOSTABILITY AND NITRATE REDUCTASE ACTIVITY IN RELATION TO WATER STRESS TOLERANCE OF YOUNG SUGAR-CANE PLANTS.
Modulation of nitrate reductase activity in rice seedlings under aluminium toxicity and water stress: role of osmolytes as enzyme protectant.
Nitrate reductase is required for salicylic acid-induced water stress tolerance of pepper by upraising the AsA-GSH pathway and glyoxalase system.
Nitric oxide reduces hydrogen peroxide accumulation involved in water stress-induced subcellular anti-oxidant defense in maize plants.
Nitrogen supply enhances the physiological resistance of Chinese fir plantlets under polyethylene glycol (PEG)-induced drought stress.
Nodule and Leaf Nitrate Reductases and Nitrogen Fixation in Medicago sativa L. under Water Stress.
Supplementation of potassium alleviates water stress-induced changes in Sorghum bicolor L.
[Quantitative Assessment of the Combined Effect of the Nitrogen Status, Light and Dehydration of Mycelium on Conidiation in Neurospora crassa].
Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis
Evaluation of Nitrate Reductase Assay for Early Detection of Multi and Extensively Drug Resistance Tuberculosis in our Setup.
Evaluation of the direct nitrate reductase assay for rapid detection of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis.
Evaluation of the nitrate reductase assay for rapid detection of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis.
Integrated detection of multi- and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis using the nitrate reductase assay.
Predictive value of direct nitrate reductase assay and its clinical performance in the detection of multi- and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis.
Prospective multicentre evaluation of the direct nitrate reductase assay for the rapid detection of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis.
Fatty Liver
Oral Nitrate Reductase Activity Is Not Associated with Development of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) and Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH): A Pilot Study.
Gastritis, Atrophic
Chronic atrophic gastritis and risk of N-nitroso compounds carcinogenesis.
Gastroesophageal Reflux
Oral nitrate reductase activity and erosive gastro-esophageal reflux disease: a nitrate hypothesis for GERD pathogenesis.
Oral Nitrate Reductase Activity Is Not Associated with Development of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) and Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH): A Pilot Study.
Hearing Loss, Sudden
[The study on plasma ET and NO of patients with sudden hearing loss]
Hematuria
Nosocomial Candiduria in the Elderly: Microbiological Diagnosis.
Hyperemia
High-dose atorvastatin improves vascular endothelial function in patients with leukoaraiosis.
Hypersensitivity
Nitric Oxide Is Required for Melatonin-Enhanced Tolerance against Salinity Stress in Rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) Seedlings.
Hypertension
Antiseptic mouthwash inhibits antihypertensive and vascular protective effects of L-arginine.
Infections
Clinical evaluation of three urine screening tests.
In silico prediction of silver nitrate nanoparticles and Nitrate Reductase A (NAR A) interaction in the treatment of infectious disease causing clinical strains of E. coli.
Infection of tobacco or Arabidopsis plants by CMV counteracts systemic post-transcriptional silencing of nonviral (trans)genes.
Metabolic and proteomic analysis of nitrogen metabolism mechanisms involved in the sugarcane - Fusarium verticillioides interaction.
Nitrate Metabolism Modulates Biosynthesis of Biofilm Components in Uropathogenic Escherichia coli and Acts as a Fitness Factor During Experimental Urinary Tract Infection.
Nitrite impacts the survival of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in response to isoniazid and hydrogen peroxide.
Potential use of nitrate reductase as a biomarker for the identification of active and dormant inhibitors of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a THP1 infection model.
Systemic induction of a Capsicum chinense nitrate reductase by the infection with Phytophthora capsici and defence phytohormones.
The effect of amoxycillin on salivary nitrite concentrations: an important mechanism of adverse reactions?
Validity of quantitative unspun urine microscopy, dipstick test leucocyte esterase and nitrite tests in rapidly diagnosing urinary tract infections.
Variation in nitrogen-15 natural abundance and nitrogen uptake traits among co-occurring alpine species: do species partition by nitrogen form?
[The Role of PPE25 in Mycobacterial Infections of Polymorphonuclear Neutrophils].
Iron Deficiencies
EFFECT OF MOLYBDENUM & IRON DEFICIENCY ON NITRATE REDUCTASE ACTIVITY OF AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS.
Nitrate reductase rather than nitric oxide synthase activity is involved in 24-epibrassinolide-induced nitric oxide synthesis to improve tolerance to iron deficiency in strawberry (Fragaria × annassa) by up-regulating the ascorbate-glutathione cycle.
The importance of iron supply during repetitive harvesting of Aster tripolium.
Liver Diseases
Oral Nitrate Reductase Activity Is Not Associated with Development of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) and Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH): A Pilot Study.
Lymphoma, B-Cell
The protective effect of propofol against TNF-?-induced apoptosis was mediated via inhibiting iNOS/NO production and maintaining intracellular Ca(2+) homeostasis in mouse hippocampal HT22 cells.
Methemoglobinemia
Analysis of nitrite/nitrate in biological fluids: denitrification of 2-nitropropane in F344 rats.
Mouth Neoplasms
Salivary nitrate, nitrite and nitrate reductase activity in relation to risk of oral cancer in Egypt.
Multiple Sclerosis
The effect of corticosteroids on serum and cerebrospinal fluid nitric oxide levels in multiple sclerosis.
Mycoses
Improvement of nitrogen accumulation and metabolism in rice (Oryza sativa L.) by the endophyte Phomopsis liquidambari.
Nasal Polyps
[Expression of NO and NOS in nasal polyps]
Neoplasms
alpha-Crystallin downregulates the expression of TNF-alpha and iNOS by activated rat retinal microglia in vitro and in vivo.
Effects of endogenous nitric oxide induced by 5-fluorouracil and L-Arg on liver carcinoma in nude mice.
Exogenous hydrogen sulfide alleviates surgery-induced neuroinflammatory cognitive impairment in adult mice by inhibiting NO signaling.
LBP inhibitory peptide reduces endotoxin-induced macrophage activation and mortality.
Puerarin inhibits vascular smooth muscle cells proliferation induced by fine particulate matter via suppressing of the p38 MAPK signaling pathway.
[A study of the relationship between remodeling of left ventricle and endothelial injury and pro-inflammatory mediators in different stages of essential hypertension]
[The Role of PPE25 in Mycobacterial Infections of Polymorphonuclear Neutrophils].
nitrate reductase (nadh) deficiency
A novel high efficiency, low maintenance, hydroponic system for synchronous growth and flowering of Arabidopsis thaliana.
Regeneration of fully nitrate reductase - deficient mutants from protoplast culture of Nicotiana plumbaginifolia (Viviani).
Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Oral Nitrate Reductase Activity Is Not Associated with Development of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) and Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH): A Pilot Study.
Periodontitis
[Nitrate reductase activity of the oral fluids in periodontitis]
Pneumoconiosis
[Oxidative injury and serum cytokines in coal workers with pneumoconiosis]
Proteinuria
Nosocomial Candiduria in the Elderly: Microbiological Diagnosis.
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
Reduced denitration activity in peripheral lung of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Starvation
A defect in nir1, a nirA-like transcription factor, confers morphological abnormalities and loss of pathogenicity in Colletotrichum acutatum.
Analysis of nitrate reductase mRNA expression and nitrate reductase activity in response to nitrogen supply.
Circadian output, input, and intracellular oscillators: insights into the circadian systems of single cells.
Effect of nitrate, ammonia and nitrogen starvation on the regulation of nitrate reductase in Cyanidium caldarium.
Effect of nitrogen source on cyanophycin synthesis in Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6308.
Genetic Manipulation of Competition for Nitrate between Heterotrophic Bacteria and Diatoms.
Immunological approach to the regulation of nitrate reductase in Monoraphidium braunii.
In vivo and in vitro studies of nitrate reductase regulation in Asperillus nidulans.
Integrated analysis of transcriptome and metabolites reveals an essential role of metabolic flux in starch accumulation under nitrogen starvation in duckweed.
Molecular and functional regulation of two NO3- uptake systems by N- and C-status of Arabidopsis plants.
Molybdenum and iron mutually impact their homeostasis in cucumber (Cucumis sativus) plants.
Nitrate content and nitrate reductase activity in Rumex obtusifolius L. : II. Responses to nitrate starvation and nitrogen fertilization.
Nitrate reduction to ammonia by enteric bacteria: redundancy, or a strategy for survival during oxygen starvation?
Novel biochemical properties of a CRP/FNR family transcription factor from Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
The appearance of nitrate reductase activity in nitrogen-starved cells of Ankistrodesmus braunii.
The AraC-type regulator RipA represses aconitase and other iron proteins from corynebacterium under iron limitation and is itself repressed by DtxR.
The effect of nitrogen refeeding on starved cells of Platymonas striata Butcher.
THE EFFECT OF NITROGEN STARVATION ON THE ACTIVITY OF NITRATE REDUCTASE AND OTHER ENZYMES IN CHLORELLA.
Transport of molybdate in the cyanobacterium Anabaena variabilis ATCC 29413.
Stomach Neoplasms
Chronic atrophic gastritis and risk of N-nitroso compounds carcinogenesis.
Thrombosis
Isolation and cultivation of Haemophilus ducreyi.
Tuberculosis
A promoter mutation causes differential nitrate reductase activity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium bovis.
A rapid detection of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis by a nitrate reductase assay on blood agar.
A single-nucleotide mutation in the -10 promoter region inactivates the narK2X promoter in Mycobacterium bovis and Mycobacterium bovis BCG and has an application in diagnosis.
Anaerobic nitrate reductase (narGHJI) activity of Mycobacterium bovis BCG in vitro and its contribution to virulence in immunodeficient mice.
Antituberculosis Drug Resistance in Pulmonary Isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Cuba 2012-2014.
Association of mutation patterns in gyrA/B genes and ofloxacin resistance levels in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from East China in 2009.
Biochemical heterogeneity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates in Guinea-Bissau.
Cleavage of the moaX -encoded fused molybdopterin synthase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis is necessary for activity.
Comparative evaluation of the microplate nitrate reductase assay and the rezasurin microtitre assay for the rapid detection of multidrug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates.
Comparative evaluation of the Nitrate Reductase Assay and the Resazurin Microtitre Assay for drug susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis against first line anti-tuberculosis drugs.
Comparative evaluation of the nitrate reduction assay, the MTT test, and the resazurin microtitre assay for drug susceptibility testing of clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Comparative evaluation under routine conditions of the nitrate reduction assay, the proportion assay and the MGIT 960 assay for drug susceptibility testing of clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Crystalline nitrate reductase reagent for drug susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Detection of drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis among patients with and without HIV infection in a rural setting.
Detection of ofloxacin resistance by nitrate reductase assay in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from extrapulmonary tuberculosis.
Determination of the susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to pyrazinamide in liquid and solid media assessed by a colorimetric nitrate reductase assay.
Differences in nitrate reduction between Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium bovis are due to differential expression of both narGHJI and narK2.
Diphosphopyridine nucleotide-linked nitrate reductase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Direct drug susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis against primary anti-TB drugs in northern India.
Direct drug susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to primary anti-tubercular drugs by nitrate reductase assay.
Drug susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to primary antitubercular drugs by nitrate reductase assay.
Drug susceptibility test of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by nitrate reductase assay.
Drug susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by a nitrate reductase assay applied directly on microscopy-positive sputum samples.
Drug susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis with nitrate reductase assay.
Evaluation of direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis rifampin resistance by a nitrate reductase assay applied to sputum samples in Cotonou, Benin.
Evaluation of direct method of drug susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to rifampicin and isoniazid by nitrate reductase assay in a national reference laboratory.
Evaluation of direct microplate nitrate reductase assay as a rapid method for the detection of multiple and extensively tuberculosis drug resistance.
Evaluation of four colourimetric susceptibility tests for the rapid detection of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates.
Evaluation of nitrate reductase assay for direct detection of drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: rapid and inexpensive method for low-resource settings.
Evaluation of Nitrate Reductase Assay for Early Detection of Multi and Extensively Drug Resistance Tuberculosis in our Setup.
Evaluation of nitrate reductase assay for rapid detection of resistance to second-line drugs in Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a tertiary care hospital.
Evaluation of nitrate reductase assay in 7H11 agar for diagnosis of multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis in eastern Nepal.
Evaluation of seven tests for the rapid detection of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Uganda.
Evaluation of the nitrate reductase assay for the rapid detection of resistance to first-line medications in Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains isolated from patients in a general hospital.
Evaluation of the performance of nitrate reductase assay for rapid drug-susceptibility testing of mycobacterium tuberculosis in north India.
Evaluation of the Xpert® MTB/Rif test, microscopic observation drug susceptibility test and nitrate reductase assay, for rapid and accurate diagnosis of smear-negative tuberculosis in HIV patients.
Field evaluation of the direct detection of multidrug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis by nitrate reductase assay on 7H11 agar.
Fluoroquinolone resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: an assessment of MGIT 960, MODS and nitrate reductase assay and fluoroquinolone cross-resistance.
Functional analysis of molybdopterin biosynthesis in mycobacteria identifies a fused molybdopterin synthase in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Microplate nitrate reductase assay versus Alamar Blue assay for MIC determination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Molecular evolutionary history of tubercle bacilli assessed by study of the polymorphic nucleotide within the nitrate reductase (narGHJI) operon promoter.
Multicenter evaluation of the nitrate reductase assay for drug resistance detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Multicentre laboratory validation of the nitrate reductase assay using liquid medium for the rapid detection of multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Multicentre study of nitrate reductase assay for rapid detection of rifampicin-resistant M. tuberculosis.
Mutational analysis of the respiratory nitrate transporter NarK2 of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Nitrate reductase activity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium bovis in the presence of electron donors.
Nitrate reductase assay for detection of drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: simple and inexpensive method for low-resource laboratories.
Nitrate reductase assay for drug susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Nitrate reductase assay for rapid detection of isoniazid, rifampin, ethambutol, and streptomycin resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Nitrate reductase assay for the rapid detection of pyrazinamide resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis using nicotinamide.
Nitrate reductase assay using sodium nitrate for rapid detection of multidrug resistant tuberculosis.
Nitrite Reductase NirBD Is Induced and Plays an Important Role during In Vitro Dormancy of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Phylogenomics of Mycobacterium Nitrate Reductase Operon.
Polymorphic nucleotide within the promoter of nitrate reductase (NarGHJI) is specific for Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Potential use of nitrate reductase as a biomarker for the identification of active and dormant inhibitors of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a THP1 infection model.
Prospective multicentre evaluation of the direct nitrate reductase assay for the rapid detection of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis.
Rapid alternative methods for detection of rifampicin resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Rapid and inexpensive detection of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis with the nitrate reductase assay using liquid medium and direct application to sputum samples.
Rapid and inexpensive drug susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis with a nitrate reductase assay.
Rapid antibiotic susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: its utility in resource poor settings.
Rapid detection of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Cotonou (Benin) using two low-cost colorimetric methods: resazurin and nitrate reductase assays.
Rapid detection of ofloxacin resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis by two low-cost colorimetric methods: resazurin and nitrate reductase assays.
Rapid detection of resistant tuberculosis by nitrate reductase assay performed in three settings in Brazil.
Rapid drug-susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates to first-line antitubercular drugs by nitrate reductase assay: A comparison with proportion method.
Rapid Identification and Drug Susceptibility Testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Standard Operating Procedure for Non-Commercial Assays: Part 2: Nitrate Reductase Assay v1.3.12.
Rapid Identification and Drug Susceptibility Testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Standard Operating Procedure for Non-Commercial Assays: Part 3: Colorimetric Redox Indicator Assay v1.3.12.
Rapid identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in BACTEC MGIT960 cultures by in-house loop-medicated isothermal amplification.
Rapid testing for nitrate reductase activity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis grown in an automated culture system.
Rapid, inexpensive MIC determination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates by using microplate nitrate reductase assay.
Regulation of nitrate reductase activity in Mycobacterium tuberculosis by oxygen and nitric oxide.
Role of narK2X and narGHJI in hypoxic upregulation of nitrate reduction by Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Selected culture and drug-susceptibility testing methods for drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis screening in resource-constrained settings.
Simple and rapid method for detection of nitrate reductase activity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium canettii grown in the Bactec MGIT960 system.
Specimen cross-contamination by a strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis lacking nitrate reductase activity.
Subdivision of Mycobacterium tuberculosis into five variants for epidemiological purposes: methods and nomenclature.
Systematic review and meta-analysis of the nitrate reductase assay for drug susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and the detection limits in liquid medium.
The manual mycobacteria growth indicator tube and the nitrate reductase assay for the rapid detection of rifampicin resistance of M. Tuberculosis in low resource settings.
The nitrate reductase assay for the rapid detection of isoniazid and rifampicin resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
The roles of the nitrate reductase NarGHJI, the nitrite reductase NirBD and the response regulator GlnR in nitrate assimilation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Utility of nitrate reductase assay for detection of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a low resource setting.
[Comparative study and sensitivity tests of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains using nitrate reductase and absolute concentrations methods].
[Comparison of nitrate reductase and automatic BACTEC MGIT 960 AST techniques for determining the drug sensitivity of mycobacteria tuberculosis]
[Determination of multidrug resistance of M. tuberculosis by different methods]
[Direct nitrate reductase method of assessment of Mycobacterium tuberculosis susceptibility to drug]
[EXPERIENCES IN THE DETERMINATION OF THE NITRATE REDUCTASE ACTIVITY OF MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS WITH A REFERENCE TO THE INH RESISTANT STRAINS AND THEIR DETERMINATION.]
[Multicenter evaluation of the indirect nitrate reductase assay for the rapid detection of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis].
[New microbiological Techniques in diagnosis of tuberculosis]
[Susceptibility of M. tuberculosis to antituberculosis drugs as determined by two methods, in Sucre state, Venezuela].
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant
Evaluation of nitrate reductase assay in 7H11 agar for diagnosis of multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis in eastern Nepal.
Field assessment of the direct nitrate reductase assay for rapid detection of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Honduras.
Utility of nitrate reductase assay for detection of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a low resource setting.
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
Multicentre study of nitrate reductase assay for rapid detection of rifampicin-resistant M. tuberculosis.
Urinary Bladder Neoplasms
A study on the etiological factors of bilharzial bladder cancer in Egypt. 6. The possible role of urinary bacteria.
Urinary Tract Infections
Nitrate Metabolism Modulates Biosynthesis of Biofilm Components in Uropathogenic Escherichia coli and Acts as a Fitness Factor During Experimental Urinary Tract Infection.
Validity of quantitative unspun urine microscopy, dipstick test leucocyte esterase and nitrite tests in rapidly diagnosing urinary tract infections.