The outs and ins of bacterial type IV secretion substrates

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 527-535

  Ding, Zhiyong ^a   Atmakuri, Krishnamohan ^a   Christie, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATING PAIR FORMATION PROTEIN; PERTUSSIS TOXIN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BARTONELLA; BRUCELLA; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CELL CONTACT; CELL INTERACTION; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA REPLICATION; DNA TRANSFER; EFFECTOR CELL; EUKARYOSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HOST CELL; MORPHOGENESIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; RECIPIENT; REVIEW; TARGET CELL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA; BRUCELLA; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; EUKARYOTA; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 0242384036     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2003.09.004     Document Type: Review

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