Delivering the payload. Bacterial pathogenesis.
A specialized protein secretion pathway is used by some Gram-negative bacterial pathogens for delivery of virulence factors directly into mammalian host cells. This pathway is parallel to, and probably evolved from, a system used for construction of the bacterial flagellum.
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Department of Developmental Biology, Beckman Center, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-5427, USA.
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D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D001692:Biological Transport; D010861:Fimbriae, Bacterial / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000378:metabolism / Q000472:pathogenicity* / Q000502:physiology; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D014774:Virulence / Q000502:physiology
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins