Type IV secretion systems: Tools of bacterial horizontal gene transfer and virulence

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2377-2386

  Juhas, Mario ^a   Crook, Derrick W ^a   Hood, Derek W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; COXIELLA BURNETII; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FUNCTION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PHAGOSOME; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SHORT SURVEY;

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COXIELLA BURNETII; EUKARYOTA; IVA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA;

EID: 55749108735     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: 14625822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2008.01187.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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