Polar assembly and scaffolding proteins of the virulence-associated ESX-1 secretory apparatus in mycobacteria

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 654-664

  Wirth, Samantha E ^a   Krywy, Janet A ^b   Aldridge, Bree B ^c   Fortune, Sarah M ^c   Fernandez Suarez, Marta ^c   Gray, Todd A ^a,b   Derbyshire, Keith M ^a,b  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN ESX 1; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; SECRETORY PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEM; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESX 1 GENE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE LOCUS; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEMS; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; OPERON; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; VIRULENCE;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84856036853     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07958.x     Document Type: Article

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