title: Metropolitan microbes: type III secretion in multihost symbionts.
abstract: Type III secretion systems (T3SS) are used by bacteria to deliver proteins into the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells. Most studies of T3SS have focused on the role of these secretion systems in specific host interactions. However, there is increasing evidence to suggest that T3SS are also used in interactions with multiple hosts, thereby promoting opportunistic infections and mutualistic symbioses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RB, UK. gail.preston@plants.ox.ac.uk
authors.forename: Gail M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Preston
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D018407:Bacterial Physiological Phenomena; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007865:Leeches / Q000382:microbiology; D010944:Plants / Q000382:microbiology; D013559:Symbiosis; D014774:Virulence
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins