A widespread family of polymorphic toxins encoded by temperate phages

A widespread family of polymorphic toxins encoded by temperate phages

Abstract Background Polymorphic toxins (PTs) are multi-domain bacterial exotoxins belonging to distinct families that share common features in terms of domain organization. PTs are found in all major bacterial clades, including many toxic effectors of type V and type VI secretion systems. PTs modula...

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Main Authors: Anne Jamet, Marie Touchon, Bruno Ribeiro-Gonçalves, João André Carriço, Alain Charbit, Xavier Nassif, Mario Ramirez, Eduardo P. C. Rocha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-08-01
Series:BMC Biology
Subjects:
Bacterial genomics
Phages
Bacterial toxins
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12915-017-0415-1

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