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Journal of Bacteriology, November 2000, p. 6529-6531, Vol. 182, No. 22
0021-9193/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Genes for the Type IV Secretion System in an Intracellular Symbiont, Wolbachia, a Causative Agent of Various Sexual Alterations in Arthropods

Shinji Masui,* Tetsuhiko Sasaki, and Hajime Ishikawa

Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan

Received 10 July 2000/Accepted 1 September 2000

Wolbachia species are intracellular bacteria known to cause reproductive abnormalities in their hosts. In this study, we identified Wolbachia genes encoding homologs to the type IV secretion system by which many pathogenic bacteria secrete macromolecules. The genes identified encoded most of the essential components of the secretion system and were cotranscribed as an operon.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan. Phone: 81-3-5841-7582. Fax: 81-3-5841-4448. E-mail: ss87211{at}mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp.

Journal of Bacteriology, November 2000, p. 6529-6531, Vol. 182, No. 22
0021-9193/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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