A sophisticated multi-step secretion mechanism: How the type 3 secretion system is regulated

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1809-1817

  Barison, Nicola ^a   Gupta, Rashmi ^a   Kolbe, Michael ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INFECTION BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; CARRIER PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN;

BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEM; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOST CELL; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; KINETOSOME; MACROMOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM; YERSINIA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84885421478     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: 14625822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cmi.12178     Document Type: Review

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