Pseudomonas aeruginosa Type III Secretory Toxin ExoU and Its Predicted Homologs

Pseudomonas aeruginosa Type III Secretory Toxin ExoU and Its Predicted Homologs

Pseudomonas aeruginosa ExoU, a type III secretory toxin and major virulence factor with patatin-like phospholipase activity, is responsible for acute lung injury and sepsis in immunocompromised patients. Through use of a recently updated bacterial genome database, protein sequences predicted to be h...

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Main Authors: Teiji Sawa, Saeko Hamaoka, Mao Kinoshita, Atsushi Kainuma, Yoshifumi Naito, Koichi Akiyama, Hideya Kato
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-10-01
Series:Toxins
Subjects:
ExoU
patatin
phospholipase A2
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
type III secretion system
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-6651/8/11/307

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