The type III secretion injectisome

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 811-825

  Cornelis, Guy R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NANOPARTICLE;

BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BACTERIUM PILUS; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CELL SURFACE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOSOL; EUKARYOTE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MACHINE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NEEDLE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FLAGELLA; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

EID: 33750110911     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro1526     Document Type: Review

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