DotU and VgrG, core components of type VI secretion systems, are essential for Francisella LVS pathogenicity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Bröms, Jeanette E ^a   Meyer, Lena ^a   Lavander, Moa ^a,c   Larsson, Pär ^b   Sjöstedt, Anders ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

^c National Food Agency   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; INFLAMMASOME; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; PROTEIN DOTU; PROTEIN ICMF; PROTEIN PDDB; PROTEIN VGRG; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; FEMALE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENE CLUSTER; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOMODULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHAGOSOME; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; TULAREMIA; TYPE VI SECRETION SYSTEM; FRANCISELLA; GENETICS; GENOMIC ISLAND; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FRANCISELLA; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; NEGIBACTERIA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FRANCISELLA; GENOMIC ISLANDS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84859724534     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034639     Document Type: Article

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