Type VI Secretion System Transports Zn2+ to Combat Multiple Stresses and Host Immunity

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Wang, Tietao ^a   Si, Meiru ^a   Song, Yunhong ^a   Zhu, Wenhan ^b   Gao, Fen ^a   Wang, Yao ^a   Zhang, Lei ^a   Zhang, Weipeng ^a   Wei, Gehong ^a   Luo, Zhao Qing ^b   Shen, Xihui ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; ZINC BINDING PROTEIN; ZINC ION; ZINC TRANSPORTER; TYPE VI SECRETION SYSTEM; ZINC;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BINDING ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM INFECTION; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; MOUSE; MOUTH INFECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLASMID; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; TYPE VI SECRETION SYSTEM; WESTERN BLOTTING; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS INFECTION;

EUKARYOTA; MUS; PROKARYOTA; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; MICE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TYPE VI SECRETION SYSTEMS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS INFECTIONS; ZINC;

EID: 84938773475     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005020     Document Type: Article

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