Activity of Bdellovibrio hit locus proteins, Bd0108 and Bd0109, links Type IVa pilus extrusion/retraction status to prey-independent growth signalling.

Activity of Bdellovibrio hit locus proteins, Bd0108 and Bd0109, links Type IVa pilus extrusion/retraction status to prey-independent growth signalling.

Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus are facultatively predatory bacteria that grow within gram-negative prey, using pili to invade their periplasmic niche. They also grow prey-independently on organic nutrients after undergoing a reversible switch. The nature of the growth switching mechanism has been elusiv...

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Main Authors: Michael J Capeness, Carey Lambert, Andrew L Lovering, Rob Till, Kaoru Uchida, Roy Chaudhuri, Luke J Alderwick, David J Lee, David Swarbreck, Susan Liddell, Shin-Ichi Aizawa, Renee Elizabeth Sockett
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3818213?pdf=render

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