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Developmental Transitions Coordinate Assembly of the Coxiella burnetii Dot/Icm Type IV Secretion System
Park D, Steiner S, Shao M, Roy CR, Liu J. Developmental Transitions Coordinate Assembly of the Coxiella burnetii Dot/Icm Type IV Secretion System. Infection And Immunity 2022, 90: e00410-22. PMID: 36190257, PMCID: PMC9584302, DOI: 10.1128/iai.00410-22.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSmall cell variantLarge cell variantDot/Icm type IV secretion systemCell variantIntracellular replicationActive large cell variantHost cellsIntracellular bacterial pathogenType IV secretion systemDot/Icm T4SSObligate intracellular bacterial pathogenC. burnetiiCoxiella burnetiiBiphasic developmental cycleUnique biphasic developmental cycleInfectionNew host cellsSecretion systemBacterial pathogensInfectious formHost vacuoleBurnetiiMorphological changesCellsLater stages
2024
CRISPR-Cas9-based approaches for genetic analysis and epistatic interaction studies in Coxiella burnetii.
Steiner S, Roy C. CRISPR-Cas9-based approaches for genetic analysis and epistatic interaction studies in Coxiella burnetii. MSphere 2024, e0052324. PMID: 39560384, DOI: 10.1128/msphere.00523-24.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIntracellular replicationHost cellsDouble mutantGenetic analysisDot/Icm type IVB secretion systemType IVB secretion systemConstruction of double mutantsLoss-of-function mutantsIntracellular replication defectsLysosome-derived vacuoleIVB secretion systemObligate intracellular bacterial pathogenRandom transposon mutagenesisTransposon insertion mutantsCRISPR-Cas9-based technologiesIntracellular bacterial pathogensLoss-of-function mutationsMammalian host cellsIntroduction of premature stop codonsPremature stop codonSilence gene expressionTargeted gene disruptionBase editing approachesEffector mutantsSecretion system