Genes for the type IV secretion system in an intracellular symbiont, Wolbachia, a causative agent of various sexual alterations in arthropods.
Wolbachia species are intracellular bacteria known to cause reproductive abnormalities in their hosts. In this study, we identified Wolbachia genes encoding homologs to the type IV secretion system by which many pathogenic bacteria secrete macromolecules. The genes identified encoded most of the essential components of the secretion system and were cotranscribed as an operon.
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Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan. ss87211@mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp
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D000818:Animals; D001181:Arthropods / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000502:physiology; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009876:Operon; D012098:Reproduction / Q000502:physiology; D013559:Symbiosis; D037521:Virulence Factors; D020577:Wolbachia / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D037521:Virulence Factors