The type II secretion system: Biogenesis, molecular architecture and mechanism

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 336-351

  Korotkov, Konstantin V ^a,b   Sandkvist, Maria ^c   Hol, Wim G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; SECRETIN; SIGNAL RECOGNITION PARTICLE;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; BIOGENESIS; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROLYSIS; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; TYPE II SECRETION SYSTEM; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO HARVEYI; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEMS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES;

NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 84859885138     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: 17401534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro2762     Document Type: Review

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