• 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 ...
    • 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. ...