DBSecSys: a database of Burkholderia mallei secretion systems.
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2014-07-25
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Bacterial pathogenicity represents a major public health concern worldwide Secretion systems are a key component of bacterial pathogenicity as they provide the means for bacterial proteins to penetrate host cell membranes and insert themselves directly into the host cells cytosol Burkholderia mallei is a Gram negative bacterium that uses multiple secretion systems during its host infection life cycle To date the identities of secretion system proteins for B mallei are not well known and their pathogenic mechanisms of action and host factors are largely uncharacterized