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ReviewEcoSal Plus2016

The Mosaic Type IV Secretion Systems.

Peter J Christie

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Review in EcoSal Plus, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 99 papers.

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99citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

99 citing papers in PubMed.

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  8. Co-existence of plasmid-mediatedMicrobiology spectrum · 2025
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  13. Analysis ofAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy · 2024
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  17. Translocation of YopJ family effector proteins through the VirB/VirD4 T4SS ofProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
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  19. A comprehensive list of genes required for the efficient conjugation of plasmid Rts1 was determined by systematic deletion analysis.DNA research : an international journal for rapid publication of reports on genes and genomes · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Peter J ChristieDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX 77030.

Funding

TRANSLOCATION OF DNA ACROSS THE AGROBACTERIUM ENVELOPER01GM048746 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI CHRISTIE, PETER J. · 1998 to 2018
$6.9M
Role of type IV secretion-mediated protein translocation in E. faecalisR21AI105454 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI CHRISTIE, PETER J. · 2013 to 2014
$431k
NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI105454NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM048746
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Escherichia coli and other Gram-negative and -positive bacteria employ type IV secretion systems (T4SSs) to translocate DNA and protein substrates, generally by contact-dependent mechanisms, to other cells. The T4SSs functionally encompass two major subfamilies, the conjugation systems and the effector translocators. The conjugation systems are responsible for interbacterial transfer of antibiotic resistance genes, virulence determinants, and genes encoding other traits of potential benefit to the bacterial host. The effector translocators are used by many Gram-negative pathogens for delivery of potentially hundreds of virulence proteins termed effectors to eukaryotic cells during infection. In E. coli and other species of Enterobacteriaceae, T4SSs identified to date function exclusively in conjugative DNA transfer. In these species, the plasmid-encoded systems can be classified as the P, F, and I types. The P-type systems are the simplest in terms of subunit composition and architecture, and members of this subfamily share features in common with the paradigmatic Agrobacterium tumefaciens VirB/VirD4 T4SS. This review will summarize our current knowledge of the E. coli systems and the A. tumefaciens P-type system, with emphasis on the structural diversity of the T4SSs. Ancestral P-, F-, and I-type systems were adapted throughout evolution to yield the extant effector translocators, and information about well-characterized effector translocators also is included to further illustrate the adaptive and mosaic nature of these highly versatile machines.

Indexed as

Agrobacterium tumefaciensBacterial ProteinsConjugation, GeneticDNA, BacterialDrug Resistance, BacterialEscherichia coliProtein TransportType IV Secretion SystemsVirulence FactorsBacterial ProteinsDNA, BacterialType IV Secretion SystemsVirulence Factors

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PMID27735785
PMCPMC5119655

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