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The tripartite type III secreton of Shigella flexneri inserts IpaB and IpaC into host membranes.
The Journal of cell biology - 1 Nov 1999
Blocker A, Gounon P, Larquet E, Niebuhr K, Cabiaux V, Parsot C, Sansonetti P
Abstract excerpt
Bacterial type III secretion systems serve to translocate proteins into eukaryotic cells, requiring a secreton and a translocator for proteins to pass the bacterial and host membranes. We used the contact hemolytic activity of Shigella flexneri to investigate its putative translocator. Hemolysis was caused by formation of a 25-A pore within the red blood cell (RBC) membrane. Of the five proteins secreted by...
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