The Yersinia pestis type III secretion system: Expression, assembly and role in the evasion of host defenses

Immunologic Research

Volumn 57, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 237-245

  Plano, Gregory V ^a   Schesser, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apparatus; Effector; Secretion; Virulence; Yops

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; LCRG PROTEIN; SYCN PROTEIN; TRANSLOCON; TYEA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YERSINIA OUTER PROTEIN E; YERSINIA OUTER PROTEIN H; YERSINIA OUTER PROTEIN J; YERSINIA OUTER PROTEIN N; YSCB PROTEIN; YSCF PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOSKELETON; DNA BINDING; DNA SUPERCOILING; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE VECTOR; HOST CELL; HOST RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PLAGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THERMOREGULATION; TYPE II SECRETION SYSTEM; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; PLAGUE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 84891484173     PISSN: 0257277X     EISSN: 15590755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12026-013-8454-3     Document Type: Article

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