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.