The expanding bacterial type IV secretion lexicon

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 164, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 620-639

  Bhatty, Minny ^a   Laverde Gomez, Jenny A ^a   Christie, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

ATPase; Conjugation; Pathogenesis; Pilus; Translocation; Type IV secretion

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CAGA PROTEIN; CAGT PROTEIN; CAGY PROTEIN; MATING PAIR FORMATION PROTEIN; TYPE IV COUPLING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRB1 PROTEIN; VIRB2 PROTEIN; VIRB5 PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; BRUCELLA; CELL ADHESION; COXIELLA BURNETII; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MOSAICISM; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PLASMID; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; RICKETTSIALES; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM;

ATPASE; CONJUGATION; PATHOGENESIS; PILUS; TRANSLOCATION; TYPE IV SECRETION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 84879889329     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2013.03.012     Document Type: Article

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