TY - JOUR
T1 - The outer membrane vesicles
T2 - Secretion system type zero
AU - Guerrero-Mandujano, Andrea
AU - Hernández-Cortez, Cecilia
AU - Ibarra, Jose Antonio
AU - Castro-Escarpulli, Graciela
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd
PY - 2017/7
Y1 - 2017/7
N2 - Gram-negative bacteria have mechanisms through which they can colonize and survive in different environments, such as the secretion systems types (1-6) that have been widely studied and characterized. Nowadays, some authors have proposed extracellular structures, such as the outer membrane vesicles (OMVs), to be considered as an additional and independent secretion system. The OMVs are spherical particles of 50-250 nm in diameter; they originate in the outer membrane, and therefore they have a very similar composition to the latter. These particles can transport an important variety of biomolecules: enzymes, toxins, antigenic determinants and even nucleic acids. Thus, it is of great interest to collect data describing the advantages of the transport of biomolecules through the OMVs and, thus, determine their role as a potential secretion system.
AB - Gram-negative bacteria have mechanisms through which they can colonize and survive in different environments, such as the secretion systems types (1-6) that have been widely studied and characterized. Nowadays, some authors have proposed extracellular structures, such as the outer membrane vesicles (OMVs), to be considered as an additional and independent secretion system. The OMVs are spherical particles of 50-250 nm in diameter; they originate in the outer membrane, and therefore they have a very similar composition to the latter. These particles can transport an important variety of biomolecules: enzymes, toxins, antigenic determinants and even nucleic acids. Thus, it is of great interest to collect data describing the advantages of the transport of biomolecules through the OMVs and, thus, determine their role as a potential secretion system.
KW - bacteria
KW - outer membrane vesicles
KW - secretion system
KW - virulence factor
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U2 - 10.1111/tra.12488
DO - 10.1111/tra.12488
M3 - Artículo de revisión
C2 - 28421662
AN - SCOPUS:85019610642
SN - 1398-9219
VL - 18
SP - 425
EP - 432
JO - Traffic
JF - Traffic
IS - 7
ER -