Proteomics identifies Bacillus cereus EntD as a pivotal protein for the production of numerous virulence factors

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue OCT, 2015, Pages

  Omer, Hélène ^a,b,c   Alpha Bazin, Béatrice ^c   Brunet, Jean Luc ^d   Armengaud, Jean ^c   Duport, Catherine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVIGNON   (France)

^b UMR A 408 INRA University of Avignon   (France)

^c Research Department of Mining and Fuel Recycling ProCesses   (France)

^d Laboratoire de Toxicologie Environnementale   (France)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus; Cellular proteome; Comparative proteomics; Exoproteome; Metabolism; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ACETATE KINASE; ACETYL COENZYME A; ACYLTRANSFERASE; AZO REDUCTASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENTD PROTEIN; FUMARIC ACID; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; N ACETYLMURAMOYLALANINE AMIDASE; SODIUM PROTON EXCHANGE PROTEIN; THIOREDOXIN PEROXIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; CACO 2 CELL LINE; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GLYCOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MTT ASSAY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEOMICS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84946842186     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01004     Document Type: Article

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