title: Connections between transcriptional regulation and type III secretion?
abstract: Type III secretion is a mechanism of protein export in bacteria, by which proteins (termed effectors) are exported from the bacteria to the external environment. One topic that has escaped much attention is the potential link between the secretion of effectors and transcriptional regulation of genes encoding the effectors. The goal of this commentary is to highlight some of the work that has been done and to stimulate additional research.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, Campus Box 8208, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
authors.forename: Virginia L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015536:Down-Regulation; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D018832:Molecular Chaperones / Q000378:metabolism; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D018832:Molecular Chaperones