The type II secretion system (T2SS) plays a major role in promoting bacterial survival in the
environment and in human hosts. One of the best characterized T2SS is that of Legionella …

Escherichia coli is still a very popular host for the production of recombinant proteins at an
analytical or industrial scale. Secretion of the proteins into the culture medium or display at …

Bacterial type IV pili perform important functions in such disparate biological processes as
surface adhesion, cell–cell interactions, autoaggregation, conjugation, and twitching motility …

Several subclasses of type IV pili have been described according to the characteristics of the
structural prepilin subunit. Whereas molecular mechanisms of type IVa pilus assembly have …

The Type II secretion nanomachine transports folded proteins across the outer membrane of
Gram-negative bacteria. Recent X-ray crystallography, electron microscopy, and molecular …

Biofilms are consortia of bacteria that are held together by an extracellular matrix.
Cyanobacterial biofilms, which are highly ubiquitous and inhabit diverse niches, are often …

Type IV secretion systems are increasingly recognized as important virulence determinants
of Gram‐negative bacterial pathogens. While the examination of several type IV‐secreted …

Secreted proteins are central to the success of plant pathogenic bacteria. They are used by
plant pathogens to adhere to and degrade plant cell walls, to suppress plant defence …

Lysobacter enzymogenes has been applied as an abundant beneficial microorganism to
control plant disease; however, most L. enzymogenes strains have been mainly reported to …

Pseudopilins form the central pseudopilus of the sophisticated bacterial type 2 secretion
systems. The crystallization of the EpsI: EpsJ pseudopilin heterodimer from Vibrio vulnificus …