Assembly of the bacterial type III secretion machinery

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 802-822

  Diepold, Andreas ^a   Wagner, Samuel ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c Partner site Tübingen German Centre for Infection Research DZIF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Injectisome; Macromolecular machines; Membrane proteins; Protein complexes; Protein secretion; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SURFACE; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSOLIC FRACTION; FLAGELLUM; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOST CELL; NONHUMAN; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SYMBIONT; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA;

INJECTISOME; MACROMOLECULAR MACHINES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PROTEIN COMPLEXES; PROTEIN SECRETION; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEMS; CYTOSOL;

EID: 84904040058     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: 15746976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6976.12061     Document Type: Review

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