Merel P.M. Damen

RD5-mediated lack of PE_PGRS and PPE-MPTR export in BCG vaccine strains results in strong reduction of antigenic repertoire but little impact on protection

Louis S. Ates, Fadel Sayes, Wafa Frigui et al. · PLoS Pathogens · 2018 · 46 citations · Full text

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Modification of a PE/PPE substrate pair reroutes an Esx substrate pair from the mycobacterial ESX-1 type VII secretion system to the ESX-5 system

Merel P.M. Damen, Trang H. Phan, Roy Ummels et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2020 · 32 citations · Full text

The ESX-1 Substrate PPE68 Has a Key Function in ESX-1-Mediated Secretion in Mycobacterium marinum

Merel P.M. Damen, Aniek S. Meijers, Esther Keizer et al. · mBio · 2022 · 19 citations · Full text

Protease domain and transmembrane domain of the type VII secretion mycosin protease determine system-specific functioning in mycobacteria

Vincent J. C. van Winden, Merel P.M. Damen, Roy Ummels et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2019 · 16 citations · Full text