Browsing Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences by Author "21617678 - Swanepoel, Conrad Cilliers"
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A metabolomics investigation of the function of the ESX-1 gene cluster in mycobacteria
Loots, Du Toit; Swanepoel, Conrad C.; Newton-Foot, Mae; Gey van Pittius, Nicolaas C. (Elsevier, 2016)The ESX-1 gene cluster, encoding the Type-VII secretion (T7S) system and its virulence associated proteins, ESAT-6 and CFP-10, is thought to be responsible for the transport of extracellular proteins across the hydrophobic ... -
The use of functional genomics in conjunction with metabolomics for Mycobacterium tuberculosis research
Swanepoel, Conrad C.; Loots, Du Toit (Hindawi, 2014)Tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is a fatal infectious disease, resulting in 1.4 million deaths globally per annum. Over the past three decades, genomic studies have been conducted in an attempt ...