EspC forms a filamentous structure in the cell envelope of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and impacts ESX-1 secretion

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 26-38

  Lou, Ye ^a   Rybniker, Jan ^a,b,c   Sala, Claudia ^a   Cole, Stewart T ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI SECRETED PROTEIN A; ESPC PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEM; ESAT-6 PROTEIN, MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TYPE VII SECRETION SYSTEM; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEM; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; DISULFIDE BOND; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IN VITRO STUDY; MEMBRANE; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL WALL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; TYPE VII SECRETION SYSTEM;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEMS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL WALL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TYPE VII SECRETION SYSTEMS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 85005769289     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13575     Document Type: Article

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