Gunnar N. Schroeder

Mutational analysis of a type II thioesterase associated with nonribosomal peptide synthesis.

Cholesterol is required to trigger caspase-1 activation and macrophage apoptosis after phagosomal escape of Shigella.

Intracellular type III secretion by cytoplasmic Shigella flexneri promotes caspase-1-dependent macrophage cell death.

Molecular pathogenesis of Shigella spp.: controlling host cell signaling, invasion, and death by type III secretion.

The Citrobacter rodentium genome sequence reveals convergent evolution with human pathogenic Escherichia coli.

Binding to Na(+) /H(+) exchanger regulatory factor 2 (NHERF2) affects trafficking and function of the enteropathogenic Escherichia coli type III secretion system effectors Map, EspI and NleH.

Legionella pneumophila strain 130b possesses a unique combination of type IV secretion systems and novel Dot/Icm secretion system effector proteins.

Salmonella bongori provides insights into the evolution of the Salmonellae.

BopC is a type III secreted effector protein of Burkholderia pseudomallei.

Legionella pneumophila pathogenesis in the Galleria mellonella infection model.

The Legionella pneumophila Dot/Icm-secreted effector PlcC/CegC1 together with PlcA and PlcB promotes virulence and belongs to a novel zinc metallophospholipase C family present in bacteria and fungi.

The Dot/Icm effector SdhA is necessary for virulence of Legionella pneumophila in Galleria mellonella and A/J mice.

LtpD is a novel Legionella pneumophila effector that binds phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate and inositol monophosphatase IMPA1.