type III secretion system

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type III secretion system

a syringelike apparatus used by some pathogenic bacteria, such as Yersinia pestis, to penetrate the plasma membrane of a host cell and inject toxin.

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The various and varying roles of specific chaperones in type III secretion systems.

THE ROLE OF DSPF, THE TYPE III SECRETION CHAPERONE OF DSPA/E OF ERWINIA AMYLOVORA, IN PATHOGENICITY IN HOST AND NON-HOST PLANTS

Our findings showed that our designed vaccine can promote anti-PcrV antibodies and prevent the normal action of type III secretion system.

aeruginosa, by inhibiting normal function of Type III secretion system, and quorum-sensing system, respectively.

Immunization with 3-oxododecanoyl-L-homoserine lactone-r-PcrV conjugate enhances survival of mice against lethal burn infections caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa

New structural insights into bacterial type III secretion system.

Mechanism of infection of a human isolate Salmonella (3,10:r:-) in chicken ileum: ultrastructural study

Development and evaluation of a real-time PCR assay targeting the type III secretion system of Burkholderia pseudomallei.

Burkholderia pseudomallei isolates in 2 pet iguanas, California, USA

We further examined the intimin subtype by sequencing the eae gene, the chromosome integration site of the locus of enterocyte effacement encoding the eae gene and a set of type III secretion system genes, and the presence and subtype of the cdtB gene as described (5).

Human Gastroenteritis Outbreak Associated with Escherichia albertii, Japan

No evidence for the presence of one of the key genes (sctT) of the pathogenicity island-associated type III secretion system of C.

Type III secretion system in Chlamydia species: identified members and candidates.

Isolation of Waddlia malaysiensis, a novel intracellular bacterium, from fruit bat (Eonycteris spelaea)

His main research interests include developing new tools to identify bacterial pathogens and regulate gene expression of type III secretion systems in enteroinvasive bacteria.

Burkholderia cenocepacia vaginal infection in patient with smoldering myeloma and chronic hepatitis C

Salmonella pathogenicity islands encoding type III secretion systems.

Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium DT 104 antibiotic resistance genomic Island I in serotype Paratyphi B