From Cell Death to Metabolism: Holin-Antiholin Homologues with New Functions

ABSTRACT Programmed cell death in bacteria is generally triggered by membrane proteins with functions analogous to those of bacteriophage holins: they disrupt the membrane potential, whereas antiholins antagonize this process. The holin-like class of proteins is present in all three domains of life,...

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Main Authors: Marielle H. van den Esker, Ákos T. Kovács, Oscar P. Kuipers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2017-12-01
Series:mBio
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.01963-17

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