From bioremediation to biowarfare: On the impact and mechanism of type IV secretion systems

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 253, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 163-170

  Baron, Christian ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium; Brucella; Secretion; VirB proteins; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BARTONELLA; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BIOREMEDIATION; BRUCELLA; CELL INTERACTION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SHORT SURVEY; SYMBIOSIS; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MAMMALS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA; BRUCELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NEGIBACTERIA; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 27944474745     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2005.09.030     Document Type: Short Survey

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