Identification of putative effectors of the Type IV secretion system from the Wolbachia endosymbiont of Brugia malayi.

Wolbachia is an unculturable, intracellular bacterium that persists within an extremely broad range of arthropod and parasitic nematode hosts, where it is transmitted maternally to offspring via vertical transmission. In the filarial nematode Brugia malayi, a causative agent of human lymphatic filar...

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Main Authors: Emily M Carpinone, Zhiru Li, Michael K Mills, Clemence Foltz, Emma R Brannon, Clotilde K S Carlow, Vincent J Starai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0204736