Type II protein secretion and its relationship to bacterial type IV pili and archaeal flagella

Microbiology

Volumn 149, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 3051-3072

  Peabody, Christopher R ^a,c   Chung, Yong Joon ^a,d   Yen, Ming Ren ^a,e   Vidal Ingigliardi, Dominique ^b   Pugsley, Anthony P ^b   Saier Jr , Milton H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Jeonju University   (South Korea)

^e NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENVELOPE PROTEIN; FLAGELLIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; METHYLTRANSFERASE; OLIGOMER; PEPTIDASE; PILIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; SECRETIN;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOGENESIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; METHANOCOCCUS VOLTAE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ANIMALIA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; METHANOCOCCUS; METHANOCOCCUS VOLTAE; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0345306190     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26364-0     Document Type: Review

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