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Polarly Localized EccE1 Is Required for ESX-1 Function and Stabilization of ESX-1 Membrane Proteins in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Journal of bacteriology - 11 Feb 2020
Soler-Arnedo Paloma, Sala Claudia, Zhang Ming, Cole Stewart T, Piton Jérémie
Abstract excerpt
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a slow-growing intracellular bacterium with the ability to induce host cell death and persist indefinitely in the human body. This pathogen uses the specialized ESX-1 secretion system to secrete virulence factors and potent immunogenic effectors required for disease progression. ESX-1 is a multisubunit apparatus with a membrane complex that is predicted to form a channel in the...
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