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Steps for Shigella Gatekeeper Protein MxiC Function in Hierarchical Type III Secretion Regulation.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 3 Feb 2017
Roehrich A Dorothea, Bordignon Enrica, Mode Selma, Shen Da-Kang, Liu Xia, Pain Maria, Murillo Isabel, Martinez-Argudo Isabel, Sessions Richard B, Blocker Ariel J
Abstract excerpt
Type III secretion systems are complex nanomachines used for injection of proteins from Gram-negative bacteria into eukaryotic cells. Although they are assembled when the environmental conditions are appropriate, they only start secreting upon contact with a host cell. Secretion is hierarchical. First, the pore-forming translocators are released. Second, effector proteins are injected. Hierarchy between these...
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