Coupling factors in macromolecular type-IV secretion machineries

FX Gomis-Ruth, M Sola, M Coll - Current pharmaceutical …, 2004 - ingentaconnect.com
Type IV secretion systems (T4SSs) are bacterial multiprotein organelles specialised in the
transfer of (nucleo) protein complexes across cell membranes. They are essential for …

Type IV secretion machinery: molecular architecture and function

V Chandran - Biochemical Society Transactions, 2013 - portlandpress.com
Bacteria have evolved several secretion machineries to bring about transport of various
virulence factors, nutrients, nucleic acids and cell-surface appendages that are essential for …

Unveiling molecular scaffolds of the type IV secretion system

HJ Yeo, G Waksman - Journal of bacteriology, 2004 - Am Soc Microbiol
In gram-negative bacteria, secretion of macromolecules across the two membranes takes
place using diverse macromolecular transport assemblies, from simple one-component …

Euroconference on the Biology of Type IV Secretion Processes: bacterial gates into the outer world

M Llosa, D O'callaghan - Molecular microbiology, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Type IV secretion systems (T4SSs) mediate both protein and ssDNA secretion from a wide
range of bacteria into virtually any cell type or into the milieu. It is this versatility that confers …

Biological diversity of prokaryotic type IV secretion systems

CE Alvarez-Martinez, PJ Christie - Microbiology and Molecular …, 2009 - Am Soc Microbiol
Type IV secretion systems (T4SS) translocate DNA and protein substrates across prokaryotic
cell envelopes generally by a mechanism requiring direct contact with a target cell. Three …

The outs and ins of bacterial type IV secretion substrates

Z Ding, K Atmakuri, PJ Christie - TRENDS in Microbiology, 2003 - cell.com
Bacteria use type IV secretion systems (T4SS) to translocate macromolecular substrates
destined for bacterial, plant or human target cells. The T4SS are medically important …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanism and structure of the bacterial type IV secretion systems

PJ Christie, N Whitaker, C González-Rivera - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta …, 2014 - Elsevier
The bacterial type IV secretion systems (T4SSs) translocate DNA and protein substrates to
bacterial or eukaryotic target cells generally by a mechanism dependent on direct cell-to-cell …

Structure and role of coupling proteins in conjugal DNA transfer

FX Gomis-Rüth, F de la Cruz, M Coll - Research in microbiology, 2002 - Elsevier
Type IV secretory systems are transmembrane bacterial multiprotein complexes. They are
pivotal for conjugation, bacterial-induced plant tumour formation, toxin secretion and …

Bacterial type IV secretion: conjugation systems adapted to deliver effector molecules to host cells

PJ Christie, JP Vogel - Trends in microbiology, 2000 - cell.com
Several bacterial pathogens utilize conjugation machines to export effector molecules
during infection. Such systems are members of the type IV or 'adapted conjugation'secretion …

Type IV secretion systems: tools of bacterial horizontal gene transfer and virulence

M Juhas, DW Crook, DW Hood - Cellular microbiology, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Type IV secretion systems (T4SSs) are multisubunit cell‐envelope‐spanning structures,
ancestrally related to bacterial conjugation machines, which transfer proteins and …