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SUBMITTER: Jamet A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5576092 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jamet Anne A Touchon Marie M Ribeiro-Gonçalves Bruno B Carriço João André JA Charbit Alain A Nassif Xavier X Ramirez Mario M Rocha Eduardo P C EPC
BMC biology 20170829 1
<h4>Background</h4>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 modulate the dynamics of microbial communities by killing or inhibiting the growth of bacterial competitors lacking protective immunity proteins.<h4>Results</h4>In this work, we identified a novel widespread ...[more]