Type VI secretion and anti-host effectors

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue , 2016, Pages 81-93

  Hachani, Abderrahman ^a,b,c   Wood, Thomas E ^a   Filloux, Alain ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c PETER DOHERTY INSTITUTE FOR INFECTION AND IMMUNITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; TYPE VI SECRETION SYSTEM;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CYTOSKELETON; CYTOTOXICITY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOST CELL; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TYPE VI SECRETION SYSTEM; ANIMAL; ANTIBIOSIS; BACTERIUM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNE EVASION; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBIOSIS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNE EVASION; MICE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SYMBIOSIS; TYPE VI SECRETION SYSTEMS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84951128081     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: 18790364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2015.11.006     Document Type: Review

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