Structural biology of type VI secretion systems

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 367, Issue 1592, 2012, Pages 1102-1111

  Cascales, Eric ^a   Cambillau, Christian ^b,c  

^a CNRS and Aix Marseille University   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage; Hcp; Protein trafficking; Protein transport; Secretion; VgrG

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM; EUKARYOTE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PROTEIN; SECRETION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84858163374     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0209     Document Type: Review

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