Type III Secretion Systems

Synonyms

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

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.