ESX/type VII secretion systems of mycobacteria: Insights into evolution, pathogenicity and protection

Tuberculosis

Volumn 95, Issue S1, 2015, Pages S150-S154

  Simeone, Roxane ^a   Bottai, Daria ^a,b   Frigui, Wafa ^a   Majlessi, Laleh ^a   Brosch, Roland ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Secretion; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ESX 1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; ESAT-6 PROTEIN, MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TYPE VII SECRETION SYSTEM; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEM; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL WALL; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE ORDER; GENETIC CODE; HOST CELL; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PHAGOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; BACTERIAL GENOME; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; SECRETION (PROCESS); TUBERCULOSIS; TYPE VII SECRETION SYSTEM;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHYLOGENY; TUBERCULOSIS; TYPE VII SECRETION SYSTEMS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84931562532     PISSN: 14729792     EISSN: 1873281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2015.02.019     Document Type: Article

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