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Genes for the type IV secretion system in an intracellular symbiont, Wolbachia, a causative agent of various sexual alterations in arthropods.

Journal of bacteriology ·Vol. 182 ·No. 22 ·2000-11-00 ·Pages 6529-31

Masui S, Sasaki T, Ishikawa H

Abstract

Wolbachia species are intracellular bacteria known to cause reproductive abnormalities in their hosts. In this study, we identified Wolbachia genes encoding homologs to the type IV secretion system by which many pathogenic bacteria secrete macromolecules. The genes identified encoded most of the essential components of the secretion system and were cotranscribed as an operon.

MeSH Terms
Animals Arthropods/microbiology,physiology Bacterial Proteins/genetics,metabolism Genes, Bacterial Molecular Sequence Data Operon Reproduction/physiology Symbiosis Virulence Factors Wolbachia/genetics,metabolism
Chemicals
Bacterial Proteins Virulence Factors
Authors & Affiliations
3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Masui S
Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan. [email protected]
Sasaki T
Ishikawa H
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Article Info
Journal
Journal of bacteriology
Abbr.
J Bacteriol
ISSN
0021-9193
DOI
10.1128/JB.182.22.6529-6531.2000
Email
[email protected]
Published
2000-11-00
Pages
6529-31
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
2985120R
PMCID
PMC94805
Subset
IM
Databases
GENBANK
AB045234, AB045235
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PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.22.6529-6531.2000 PMC Full Text View journal details
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