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. 2016 Aug 2;113(31):8559-61.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1609443113. Epub 2016 Jul 15.

Nice or nasty: Protein translocation between bacteria and the different forms of response

Daniel Unterweger  1 , Ashleigh S Griffin  2
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Nice or nasty: Protein translocation between bacteria and the different forms of response

Daniel Unterweger et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Fig. 1.
Graphic depiction of two different responses of bacteria to the translocation of a catalytically active toxin via the contact-dependent growth inhibition system. (A) Illustration of the consequences of toxin translocation into a bacterium lacking a cognate immunity protein. The recipient bacterium is inhibited in growth, indicated by gray color. (B) The translocation of a catalytically active toxin among two bacteria that are in possession of the cognate immunity protein similar to B. thailandensis analyzed in Garcia et al. (3). Receipt of the toxin changes the transcription of genes associated with the formation of biofilms and putative antiprokaryotic activity, indicated by the green color.
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