A contractile injection system stimulates tubeworm metamorphosis by translocating a proteinaceous effector

The swimming larvae of many marine animals identify a location on the sea floor to undergo metamorphosis based on the presence of specific bacteria. Although this microbe–animal interaction is critical for the life cycles of diverse marine animals, what types of biochemical cues from bacteria that i...

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Main Authors: Charles F Ericson, Fabian Eisenstein, João M Medeiros, Kyle E Malter, Giselle S Cavalcanti, Robert W Zeller, Dianne K Newman, Martin Pilhofer, Nicholas J Shikuma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2019-09-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/46845