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Separable roles for Mycobacterium tuberculosis ESX-3 effectors in iron acquisition and virulence.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 19 Jan 2016
Tufariello JoAnn M, Chapman Jessica R, Kerantzas Christopher A, Wong Ka-Wing, Vilchèze Catherine, Jones Christopher M, Cole Laura E, Tinaztepe Emir, Thompson Victor, Fenyö David, Niederweis Michael, Ueberheide Beatrix, Philips Jennifer A, Jacobs William R
Abstract excerpt
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) encodes five type VII secretion systems (T7SS), designated ESX-1-ESX-5, that are critical for growth and pathogenesis. The best characterized is ESX-1, which profoundly impacts host cell interactions. In contrast, the ESX-3 T7SS is implicated in metal homeostasis, but efforts to define its function have been limited by an inability to recover deletion mutants. We overcame this...
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