Intracellular Salmonella enterica uses a type III secretion system to secrete more than 30 effector proteins into host cells. Here, Newson et al. generate six mutant strains deficient in different sets of effectors, thus providing insights on the interdependency or functional redundancy between effectors in vivo.
- Joshua P. M. Newson
- Flavia Gürtler
- Wolf-Dietrich Hardt