A Type VI Secretion System of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Targets a Toxin to Bacteria

Cell Host and Microbe

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-37

  Hood, Rachel D ^a   Singh, Pragya ^a   Hsu, FoSheng ^a   Güvener, Tüzün ^a   Carl, Mike A ^a   Trinidad, Rex R S ^a   Silverman, Julie M ^a   Ohlson, Brooks B ^a   Hicks, Kevin G ^a   Plemel, Rachael L ^b   Li, Mo ^a   Schwarz, Sandra ^a   Wang, Wenzhuo Y ^a   Merz, Alexey J ^b   Goodlett, David R ^a   Mougous, Joseph D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

MICROBIO

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN HCP1; PROTEIN RETS; PROTEIN TSE1; PROTEIN TSE2; PROTEIN TSE3; PROTEIN VGRG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIOPHAGE; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CONTROLLED STUDY; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TRANSLATION REGULATION; TYPE VI SECRETION SYSTEM;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIOPHAGES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE ORDER; GENOMIC ISLANDS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 74049096227     PISSN: 19313128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2009.12.007     Document Type: Article

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