Constitutive Type VI Secretion System Expression Gives Vibrio cholerae Intra- and Interspecific Competitive Advantages

The type VI secretion system (T6SS) mediates protein translocation across the cell membrane of Gram-negative bacteria, including Vibrio cholerae – the causative agent of cholera. All V. cholerae strains examined to date harbor gene clusters encoding a T6SS. Structural similarity and sequence homolog...

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Main Authors: Unterweger, Daniel, Kitaoka, Maya, Miyata, Sarah T., Bachmann, Verena, Brooks, Teresa M., Moloney, Jessica, Sosa, Oscar Abraham, Silva, David, Duran-Gonzalez, Jorge, Provenzano, Daniele, Pukatzki, Stefan
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Public Library of Science 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/76789
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4235-9962