Timing is everything: The regulation of type III secretion

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1065-1075

  Deane, Janet E ^a,b   Abrusci, Patrizia ^a   Johnson, Steven ^a   Lea, Susan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gram negative bacteria; Regulation; Type iii secretion; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOST CELL; KINETOSOME; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SECRETION; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; VIRULENCE;

EID: 77950607053     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-009-0230-0     Document Type: Review

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