Intercellular communication by related bacterial protein toxins: Colicins, contact-dependent inhibitors, and proteins exported by the type VI secretion system

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 345, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-21

  Braun, Volkmar ^a   Patzer, Silke I ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

CDI systems; Colicins; Type VI secretion systems

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; BACTERIOCIN; COLICIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN CDIA; RIBOSOME RNA; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONTACT DEPENDENT GROWTH INHIBITION SYSTEM; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TYPE VI SECRETION SYSTEM; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

CDI SYSTEMS; COLICINS; TYPE VI SECRETION SYSTEMS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEMS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; COLICINS; CONTACT INHIBITION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 84880135300     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6968.12180     Document Type: Article

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