Unraveling the phenotype of colicin cytoplasmic import (cim) mutants
Colicins are a type of bacterial toxin produced by Escherichia coli to kill E. coli and closely related bacteria. In contrast to the protein secretion pathway, colicins are released into the extracellular environment due to lysis of the cell. The colicins then enter the target bacterial cell by bind...
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2321 http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2321 |