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Macromolecular Substances > Multiprotein Complexes > Protein Translocation Systems > Bacterial Secretion Systems > Type III Secretion Systems

Preferred term

Type III Secretion Systems  

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  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Bacterial Secretion System, Type III
  • Secretion System, T3SS
  • System, T3SS Secretion
  • T3SS Secretion System
  • Type 3 Secretion System
  • Type 3 Secretion Systems
  • Type III Secretion System

Scope note

  • Multiprotein transmembrane complexes in GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA involved in either the secretion of effector proteins from the bacterial cytoplasm into host cells, or the secretion and assembly of flagellar components. The major component of the T3SSs is called the injectosome or needle complex.

History note

  • 2016

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000069296

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