Protein translocation: delivering virulence into the host cell.
A wide variety of plant and human bacterial pathogens use a specialized 'type III' protein secretion system to deliver virulence factors into host cells. Appendage-like surface structures have recently been identified on several bacterial pathogens and there are indications that these may be conduits for virulence factor delivery.
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Biotechnology Laboratory Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology University of British Columbia Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6T 1Z3,
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D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000472:pathogenicity* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006801:Humans; D010935:Plant Diseases; D010944:Plants / Q000382:microbiology; D014774:Virulence
D001426:Bacterial Proteins