FLAGELLAR AND NEEDLE COMPLEX (INJECTOSOME) LOOP AS ANTI BACTERIAL DRUG TARGET

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15237244

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The present invention relates to a method for screening a compound that inhibits secretion of toxins into host-cell cytoplasm by virulent bacteria using a needle type III secretion system. The compound of the invention is selected by screening for a compound which interacts with a loop region of the cytoplasmic domain of the membrane protein FlhB from Salmonella typhimurium or a paralog thereof Compositions including the compound of the invention, use of the compound, and methods of treating disorders caused by virulent bacteria are also provided.

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OKINAWA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SCHOOL CORPORATIONKUNIGAMI-GUN OKINAWA 904-0495

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KITAO, Akio Tokyo, JP 2 0
MATSUNAMI, Hideyuki Kunigami-gun, JP 2 0
MESHCHERYAKOV, Vladimir A Kunigami-gun, JP 2 0
SAMATEY, Fadel Alexis Kunigami-gun, JP 2 0

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