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Multicellular Bacteria Deploy the Type VI Secretion System to Preemptively Strike Neighboring Cells
The Type VI Secretion System (T6SS) functions in bacteria as a contractile nanomachine that punctures and delivers lethal effectors to a target cell. Virtually nothing is known about the lifestyle or physiology that dictates when bacteria normally produce their T6SS, which prevents a clear understan...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3764213/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24039579 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003608 |