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A Common Pathway for Activation of Host-Targeting and Bacteria-Targeting Toxins in Human Intestinal Bacteria

Human gut microbes exhibit a spectrum of cooperative and antagonistic interactions with their host and also with other microbes. The major Bacteroides host-targeting virulence factor, Bacteroides fragilis toxin (BFT), is produced as an inactive protoxin by enterotoxigenic B. fragilis strains. BFT is...

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Autores principales: Bao, Yiqiao, Verdegaal, Andrew A., Anderson, Brent W., Barry, Natasha A., He, Jing, Gao, Xiang, Goodman, Andrew L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8406203/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34465018
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00656-21