Lipidation of the FPI protein IglE contributes to Francisella tularensis ssp. novicida intramacrophage replication and virulence

Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 10-18

  Nguyen, Jesse Q ^a   Gilley, Ryan P ^a   Zogaj, Xhavit ^a   Rodriguez, Stephen A ^a   Klose, Karl E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Intramacrophage; Lipoprotein; Tularemia; Virulence

Indexed keywords

LIPOPROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN BINDING; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEM; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MACROPHAGE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MISSENSE MUTATION; PATHOLOGY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PROCESSING; TULAREMIA; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEMS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; LIPOPROTEINS; MACROPHAGES; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MUTANT PROTEINS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; TULAREMIA; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84906063742     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2049632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2049-632X.12167     Document Type: Article

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