Luis Ángel Fernández

PROTEIN SECRETION AND ANTIBODY EXPRESSION

Our group conducts both basic and biotech-oriented research aimed to understand and exploit protein secretion in Gram-negative bacteria (proteobacteria). Our basic research focuses on the molecular mechanisms that bacterial pathogens employ for the secretion of proteins (e.g. cytotoxins, proteases, adhesins) and for the assembly of cell surface organelles (e.g. fimbriae) that participate in bacterial virulence.