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Hans Wolf-Watz

Hans Wolf-Watz

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Microbiology

D-Index
81
Citations
23529
World Ranking
1098
National Ranking
17

Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Hans Wolf-Watz is affiliated with Umeå University in Sweden, contributing to academic research within this institution.

Wolf-Watz holds membership in the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), an affiliation indicating recognition within the molecular biology community.

Best Publications

  • Protein delivery into eukaryotic cells by type III secretion machines

    Jorge E. Galán;Hans Wolf-Watz

  • Target cell contact triggers expression and polarized transfer of Yersinia YopE cytotoxin into mammalian cells.

    R. Rosqvist;K.E. Magnusson;H. Wolf-Watz

  • The Yersinia Yop virulon: a bacterial system for subverting eukaryotic cells

    Guy R. Cornelis;Hans Wolf-Watz

  • Flagellin A is essential for the virulence of Vibrio anguillarum.

    Debra L. Milton;Ronan O'Toole;Per Hörstedt;Hans Wolf-Watz

  • Modulation of Virulence Factor Expression by Pathogen Target Cell Contact

    Jonas Pettersson;Roland Nordfelth;Elena Dubinina;Tomas Bergman

  • The YopB protein of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis is essential for the translocation of Yop effector proteins across the target cell plasma membrane and displays a contact-dependent membrane disrupting activity

    Sebastian Håkansson;Kurt Schesser;Cathrine Persson;Edouard E. Galyov

  • The cytotoxic protein YopE of Yersinia obstructs the primary host defence.

    R. Rosqvist;Å. Forsberg;M. Rimpiläinen;T. Bergman

  • Intracellular targeting of the Yersinia YopE cytotoxin in mammalian cells induces actin microfilament disruption.

    R Rosqvist;A Forsberg;H Wolf-Watz

  • The PTPase YopH inhibits uptake of Yersinia, tyrosine phosphorylation of p130Cas and FAK, and the associated accumulation of these proteins in peripheral focal adhesions

    Cathrine Persson;Nivia Carballeira;Hans Wolf-Watz;Maria Fällman

  • Inhibition of phagocytosis in Yersinia pseudotuberculosis: a virulence plasmid-encoded ability involving the Yop2b protein.

    R Rosqvist;I Bölin;H Wolf-Watz

  • A secreted protein kinase of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis is an indispensable virulence determinant.

    Edouard E. Galyov;Sebastian Håkansson;Åke Forsberg;Hans Wolf-Watz

  • Temperature-inducible outer membrane protein of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis and Yersinia enterocolitica is associated with the virulence plasmid.

    I Bölin;L Norlander;H Wolf-Watz

  • GAP activity of the Yersinia YopE cytotoxin specifically targets the Rho pathway: a mechanism for disruption of actin microfilament structure.

    Ulrich Von Pawel-Rammingen;Maxim V. Telepnev;Gudula Schmidt;Klaus Aktories

  • The yopJ locus is required for Yersinia‐mediated inhibition of NF‐κB activation and cytokine expression: YopJ contains a eukaryotic SH2‐like domain that is essential for its repressive activity

    Kurt Schesser;Ann Kristin Spiik;Jean Marie Dukuzumuremyi;Markus F. Neurath

  • Cell-surface-bound Yersinia translocate the protein tyrosine phosphatase YopH by a polarized mechanism into the target cell

    Cathrine Persson;Roland Nordfelth;Anna Holmström;Sebastian Håkansson

  • The V-antigen of Yersinia is surface exposed before target cell contact and involved in virulence protein translocation :

    Jonas Pettersson;Anna Holmström;Jim Hill;Sophie Leary

  • The surface-located YopN protein is involved in calcium signal transduction in Yersinia pseudotuberculosis.

    Å. Forsberg;A.-M. Viitanen;M. Skurnik;H. Wolf-Watz

  • The Yersinia YpkA Ser/Thr kinase is translocated and subsequently targeted to the inner surface of the HeLa cell plasma membrane

    Sebastian Håkansson;Edouard E. Galyov;Roland Rosqvist;Hans Wolf‐Watz

  • Increased virulence of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis by two independent mutations

    Roland Rosqvist;Mikael Skurnik;Mikael Skurnik;Hans Wolf-Watz

  • Yersinia YopE is targeted for type III secretion by N‐terminal, not mRNA, signals

    Scott A . Lloyd;Mari Norman;Roland Rosqvist;Hans Wolf-Watz

Frequent Co-Authors

Åke Forsberg
Åke Forsberg Umeå University
Edouard E. Galyov
Edouard E. Galyov University of Leicester
Sven Bergström
Sven Bergström Umeå University
Staffan Normark
Staffan Normark Karolinska Institute
Mikael Skurnik
Mikael Skurnik University of Helsinki
Sven Pettersson
Sven Pettersson Karolinska Institute
Stéphane Bonacorsi
Stéphane Bonacorsi Université Paris Cité
Jean-Pierre Hugot
Jean-Pierre Hugot Université Paris Cité
Karl-Eric Magnusson
Karl-Eric Magnusson Linköping University
Åke Hagström
Åke Hagström Linnaeus University

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