Type III secretion systems and bacterial flagella: Insights into their function from structural similarities

Type III secretion systems and bacterial flagella are broadly compared at the level of their genetic structure, morphology, regulation, and function, integrating structural information, to provide an overview of how they might function at a molecular level.

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