Structural basis of eukaryotic cell targeting by type III secretion system (T3SS) effectors

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Tommaso Tosi1, Alexander Pflug, Karen F Discola

  • 1Bacterial Pathogenesis Group, Institut de Biologie Structurale (IBS), Université Grenoble I, 41 rue Jules Horowitz, 38027 Grenoble, France.

Research in Microbiology
|April 2, 2013
PubMed

Keywords:
Bacterial infectionCrystallographyEffectorsSignalingStructureT3SS

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