Homeostasis of N-α-terminal acetylation of EsxA correlates with virulence in Mycobacterium marinum

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 4572-4586

  Medie, Felix Mba ^a   Champion, Matthew M ^a   Williams, Emily A ^a   DiGiuseppe Champion, Patricia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; BETA INTERFERON; ESXA PROTEIN; GENTAMICIN; PEPTIDE ALPHA N ACETYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; CYTOTOXICITY; CYTOTOXICITY ASSAY; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HEMOLYSIS; HOMEOSTASIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MACROPHAGE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PROTEIN ACETYLATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEOMICS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; RNA ISOLATION; TRANSPOSON; WESTERN BLOTTING; ACETYLATION; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; VIRULENCE;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ACETYLATION; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL LINE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOMEOSTASIS; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84907961904     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.02153-14     Document Type: Article

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