Assembly of the inner rod determines needle length in the type III secretion injectisome

Nature

Volumn 441, Issue 7093, 2006, Pages 637-640

  Marlovits, Thomas C ^a,b,d   Kubori, Tomoko ^a,e   Lara Tejero, María ^a   Thomas, Dennis ^c   Unger, Vinzenz M ^b   Galán, Jorge E ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^e OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; BACTERIA; CELLS; CONFORMATIONS; NEEDLES; PROTEINS;

BACTERIAL VIRULENCE PROTEINS; MULTI-RING BASE; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPE III SECRETION INJECTISOME;

SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN INVJ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; MACHINERY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CELL LINE; CELL ORGANELLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; HOST CELL; INJECTISOME; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STRUCTURAL BIOINFORMATICS; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 33745279057     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04822     Document Type: Article

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