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Attack systems of pathogenic bacteria.

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(a) The type III secretion system functions as a syringe to inject proteins into host cells, thereby starting a disease process. (b) The type IV secretion system forms a channel through which DNA can be transmitted from a pathogen to a host cell, in this case from the bacterium Agrobacterium tumifaciens into a plant cell.
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