Architecture of the type II secretion and type IV pilus machineries

Future Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1203-1218

  Ayers, Melissa ^a   Howell, P Lynne ^b,c   Burrows, Lori L ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

ATPase; inner membrane complex; outer membrane complex; pilotin; platform; secretin; type II secretion; type IV pili

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LIPOPROTEIN; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PEPTIDASE; PILIN; PILOTIN; PROTEIN GSPC; PROTEIN GSPD; PROTEIN GSPE; PROTEIN GSPF; PROTEIN GSPG; PROTEIN GSPL; PROTEIN GSPM; PROTEIN GSPO; PROTEIN GSPS; SECRETIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AGGREGATIBACTER ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; BDELLOVIBRIO; BDELLOVIBRIO BACTERIOVORUS; CLOSTRIDIUM; DEPOLYMERIZATION; ERWINIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; MORAXELLA; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NEISSERIA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; STOICHIOMETRY; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS; TYPE II SECRETION SYSTEM; TYPE IV PILUS SYSTEM; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77955936558     PISSN: 17460913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fmb.10.76     Document Type: Review

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