A secreted effector with a dual role as a toxin and as a transcriptional factor
oleh: Dandan Wang, Lingfang Zhu, Xiangkai Zhen, Daoyan Yang, Changfu Li, Yating Chen, Huannan Wang, Yichen Qu, Xiaozhen Liu, Yanling Yin, Huawei Gu, Lei Xu, Chuanxing Wan, Yao Wang, Songying Ouyang, Xihui Shen
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2022-12-01 |
Deskripsi
Bacteria can deliver toxic effector proteins into the cytosol of neighboring cells. Here, the authors show that Yersinia pseudotuberculosis secretes an effector that modulates gene expression in neighboring cells of the same species and inhibits the growth of other competitors.