Tubercle bacilli rely on a type VII army for pathogenicity

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 477-484

  Stoop, Esther J M ^a   Bitter, Wilbert ^a   van der Sar, Astrid M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ESX; Granuloma formation; Mycobacteria; Tuberculosis; Type VII secretion; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEM; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ESX 1 SECRETION SYSTEM; ESX 2 SECRETION SYSTEM; ESX 3 SECRETION SYSTEM; ESX 4 SECRETION SYSTEM; ESX 5 SECRETION SYSTEM; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TYPE VII SECRETION SYSTEM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACILLI (CLASS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84866951194     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: 18784380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2012.07.001     Document Type: Review

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