Type VI Secretion System Toxins Horizontally Shared between Marine Bacteria
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Type VI Secretion System Toxins Horizontally Shared between Marine Bacteria
The type VI secretion system (T6SS) is a widespread protein secretion apparatus used by Gram-negative bacteria to deliver toxic effector proteins into adjacent bacterial or host cells. Here, we uncovered a role in interbacterial competition for the two T6SSs encoded by the marine pathogen Vibrio alginolyticus. Using comparative proteomics and genetics, we identified their effector repertoires. ...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLOS Pathogens
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1553-7374
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005128