A widespread family of polymorphic contact-dependent toxin delivery systems in bacteria

Nature

Volumn 468, Issue 7322, 2010, Pages 439-442

  Aoki, Stephanie K ^a   Diner, Elie J ^a   De Roodenbeke, Claire T'Kint ^a   Burgess, Brandt R ^a   Poole, Stephen J ^a   Braaten, Bruce A ^a   Jones, Allison M ^a   Webb, Julia S ^a   Hayes, Christopher S ^a   Cotter, Peggy A ^a,b   Low, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CDIA PROTEIN; CDIB PROTEIN; CDII PROTEIN; NUCLEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; INHIBITION; PATHOGEN; POLYMORPHISM; PROTEIN; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL PROTECTION; CELL SURFACE; CONTACT DEPENDENT GROWTH INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICKEYA DADANTII; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH INHIBITION; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CONTACT INHIBITION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DICKEYA DADANTII; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 78549266157     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09490     Document Type: Article

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