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The TolC protein of Escherichia coli serves as a cell-surface receptor for the newly characterized TLS bacteriophage.
Journal of molecular biology - 11 May 2001
German G J, Misra R
Abstract excerpt
The TolC protein of Escherichia coli is implicated in a variety of diverse cellular functions, including antibiotic efflux and alpha-hemolysin secretion. An incidental role of TolC is to facilitate the entry of the bacteriophage TLS and colicin E1 into the bacterial cell. Despite the resolution of TolC's atomic structure, the roles of specific residues in its diverse functions are unknown. Here, we describe a...
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