2003
A Salmonella protein causes macrophage cell death by inducing autophagy
Hernandez LD, Pypaert M, Flavell RA, Galán J. A Salmonella protein causes macrophage cell death by inducing autophagy. Journal Of Cell Biology 2003, 163: 1123-1131. PMID: 14662750, PMCID: PMC2173598, DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200309161.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMembrane fusion activityCell deathType III protein secretion systemFusion activityProtein secretion systemMacrophage cell deathEndoplasmic reticulum markerSalmonella-infected macrophagesSecretion systemSalmonella proteinsAutophagic vesiclesMutant formsSipBHost cellsCultured cellsMitochondriaMembrane structureSalmonella entericaProteinCausative agentMarked accumulationMacrophagesCellsAutophagosomesAutophagy
2000
A Bacterial Toxin That Controls Cell Cycle Progression as a Deoxyribonuclease I-Like Protein
Lara-Tejero M, Galán J. A Bacterial Toxin That Controls Cell Cycle Progression as a Deoxyribonuclease I-Like Protein. Science 2000, 290: 354-357. PMID: 11030657, DOI: 10.1126/science.290.5490.354.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCell cycle arrestCytolethal distending toxinChromatin disruptionCycle arrestCell cycle progressionLike proteinCdtB mutantChromatin fragmentationTransient expressionMutant formsCycle progressionCell deathCDT holotoxinDistending toxinCultured cellsBacterial toxinsDeoxyribonuclease IBacterial pathogensSuch pathogensCdtBSubunitsCampylobacter jejuniToxinMorphological changesPathogens