Mesh term Bacterial Secretion Systems
Browse to parent terms:Protein Translocation Systems
Description
In GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIA, multiprotein complexes that function to translocate pathogen protein effector molecules across the bacterial cell envelope, often directly into the host. These effectors are involved in producing surface structures for adhesion, bacterial motility, manipulation of host functions, modulation of host defense responses, and other functions involved in facilitating survival of the pathogen. Several of the systems have homologous components functioning similarly in GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIA.Browse to child terms:
Type I Secretion Systems
Type II Secretion Systems
Type III Secretion Systems
Type IV Secretion Systems
Type V Secretion Systems
Type VI Secretion Systems
Type VII Secretion Systems
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