Type-IVC Secretion System: A Novel Subclass of Type IV Secretion System (T4SS) Common Existing in Gram-Positive Genus Streptococcus

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Zhang, Wen ^a   Rong, Chengbo ^b   Chen, Chen ^a   Gao, George F ^a,b,c  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DNA TRANSFER; EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS; TRANSPOSON; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM; TYPE IVC SECRETION SYSTEM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; PHYLOGENY; STREPTOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 84867125423     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046390     Document Type: Article

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