Structural and functional diversity of type IV secretion systems

TRD Costa, JB Patkowski, K Macé, PJ Christie… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Considerable progress has been made in recent years in the structural and molecular
biology of type IV secretion systems in Gram-negative bacteria. The latest advances have …

Type IV secretion in Gram‐negative and Gram‐positive bacteria

E Grohmann, PJ Christie, G Waksman… - Molecular …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Type IV secretion systems (T4SSs) are versatile multiprotein nanomachines spanning the
entire cell envelope in Gram‐negative and Gram‐positive bacteria. They play important …

[HTML][HTML] Agrobacterium-mediated plant transformation: biology and applications

HH Hwang, M Yu, EM Lai - The arabidopsis book, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Plant genetic transformation heavily relies on the bacterial pathogen Agrobacterium
tumefaciens as a powerful tool to deliver genes of interest into a host plant. Inside the plant …

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 …

[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 …

Microreview: type IV secretion systems: versatility and diversity in function

K Wallden, A Rivera‐Calzada… - Cellular …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Type IV secretion systems (T4SSs) are large protein complexes which traverse the cell
envelope of many bacteria. They contain a channel through which proteins or protein–DNA …

Transient plant transformation mediated by Agrobacterium tumefaciens: Principles, methods and applications

P Krenek, O Samajova, I Luptovciak… - Biotechnology …, 2015 - Elsevier
Agrobacterium tumefaciens is widely used as a versatile tool for development of stably
transformed model plants and crops. However, the development of Agrobacterium based …

The structural biology of type IV secretion systems

R Fronzes, PJ Christie, G Waksman - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2009 - nature.com
Type IV secretion systems (T4SSs) are versatile secretion systems that are found in both
Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria and secrete a wide range of substrates, from …

A Global Overview of the Genetic and Functional Diversity in the Helicobacter pylori cag Pathogenicity Island

P Olbermann, C Josenhans, Y Moodley, M Uhr… - PLoS …, 2010 - journals.plos.org
The Helicobacter pylori cag pathogenicity island (cag PAI) encodes a type IV secretion
system. Humans infected with cag PAI–carrying H. pylori are at increased risk for sequelae …

Bacterial contact-dependent delivery systems

CS Hayes, SK Aoki, DA Low - Annual review of genetics, 2010 - annualreviews.org
Bacteria have developed remarkable systems that sense neighboring target cells upon
contact and initiate a series of events that enhance their survival and growth at the expense …