• A novel antimycobacterial compound acts as an intracellular iron chelator 

      Dragset, Marte Singsås; Poce, Giovanna; Alfonso, Salvatore; Padilla-Benavides, Teresita; Ioerger, Thomas R.; Kaneko, Takushi; Sacchettini, James C.; Biava, Mariangela; Parish, Tanya; Argüello, José M.; Steigedal, Magnus; Rubin, Eric J. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      Efficient iron acquisition is crucial for the pathogenesis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Mycobacterial iron uptake and metabolism are therefore attractive targets for antitubercular drug development. Resistance mutations ...
    • Benzoic Acid-Inducible Gene Expression in Mycobacteria 

      Dragset, Marte Singsås; Barczak, Amy K.; Kannan, Nisha; Mærk, Mali; Flo, Trude Helen; Valla, Svein; Rubin, Eric J.; Steigedal, Magnus (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      Conditional expression is a powerful tool to investigate the role of bacterial genes. Here, we adapt the Pseudomonas putida-derived positively regulated XylS/Pm expression system to control inducible gene expression in ...
    • Elucidating the gene encoding the R3 surface protein in Streptococcus agalactiae 

      Basson, Adelle (Master thesis, 2020)
      Introduction: S. agalactiae, Lancefield’s group B Streptococcus (GBS), occurs as part of the normal microbial flora of the gastrointestinal and genital tract and can cause critical invasive disease in neonates, including ...
    • Genome-wide Phenotypic Profiling Identifies and Categorizes Genes Required for Mycobacterial Low Iron Fitness 

      Dragset, Marte Singsås; Ioerger, Thomas R.; Zhang, Yanjia; Mærk, Mali; Ginbot, Zekarias; Flo, Trude Helen; Rubin, Eric J; Steigedal, Magnus (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Iron is vital for nearly all living organisms, but during infection, not readily available to pathogens. Infectious bacteria therefore depend on specialized mechanisms to survive when iron is limited. These mechanisms make ...
    • Global Assessment of Mycobacterium avium subsp. hominissuis Genetic Requirement for Growth and Virulence 

      Dragset, Marte Singsås; Ioerger, Thomas R.; Loevenich, Maja; Haug, Markus; Sivakumar, Niruja; Marstad, Anne; Cardona, Pere-Joan; Klinkenberg, Geir; Rubin, Eric J.; Steigedal, Magnus; Flo, Trude Helen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Nontuberculous mycobacterial infections caused by the opportunistic pathogen Mycobacterium avium subsp. hominissuis (MAH) are currently receiving renewed attention due to increased incidence combined with difficult treatment. ...
    • Mycobacterial Esx-3 Requires Multiple Components for Iron Acquisition 

      Siegrist, M. Sloan; Steigedal, Magnus; Ahmad, Rushdy; Mehra, Alka; Dragset, Marte Singsås; Schuster, Brian M.; Phillips, Jennifer A.; Carr, Steven A.; Rubin, Eric J (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      The type VII secretion systems are conserved across mycobacterial species and in many Gram-positive bacteria. While the well-characterized Esx-1 pathway is required for the virulence of pathogenic mycobacteria and conjugation ...
    • Riding the Ferrous Wheel: Identification and Study of Genes Involved in Mycobacterial Iron Acquisition 

      Dragset, Marte Singsås (Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2013:346, Doctoral thesis, 2013)
    • The Streptococcus agalactiae R3 surface protein is encoded by sar5 

      Basson, Adelle; Olaisen, Camilla; Selvik, Linn-Karina M.; Lyng, Randi Valsø; Lysvand, Hilde; Gidon, Alexandre; Ås, Christina Gabrielsen; Afset, Jan Egil; Dragset, Marte Singsås (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Streptococcus agalactiae (group B streptococcus; GBS) is an important human pathogen causing pneumonia, sepsis and meningitis in neonates, as well as infections in pregnant women, immunocompromised individuals, and the ...