Genetic analysis of the CDI pathway from Burkholderia pseudomallei 1026b.

Contact-dependent growth inhibition (CDI) is a mode of inter-bacterial competition mediated by the CdiB/CdiA family of two-partner secretion systems. CdiA binds to receptors on susceptible target bacteria, then delivers a toxin domain derived from its C-terminus. Studies with Escherichia coli sugges...

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Main Authors: Sanna Koskiniemi, Fernando Garza-Sánchez, Natasha Edman, Swarnava Chaudhuri, Stephen J Poole, Colin Manoil, Christopher S Hayes, David A Low
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4364669?pdf=render