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SUBMITTER: Alcoforado Diniz J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4832377 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cellular microbiology 20151103 12
The Type VI secretion system is a widespread bacterial nanomachine, used to deliver toxins directly into eukaryotic or prokaryotic target cells. These secreted toxins, or effectors, act on diverse cellular targets, and their action provides the attacking bacterial cell with a significant fitness advantage, either against rival bacteria or eukaryotic host organisms. In this review, we discuss the delivery of diverse effectors by the Type VI secretion system, the modes of action of the so-called ' ...[more]