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Quorum sensing regulation of the two hcp alleles in Vibrio cholerae O1 strains.
PloS one - 24 Aug 2009
Ishikawa Takahiko, Rompikuntal Pramod Kumar, Lindmark Barbro, Milton Debra L, Wai Sun Nyunt
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The type VI secretion system (T6SS) has emerged as a protein secretion system important to several gram-negative bacterial species. One of the common components of the system is Hcp, initially described as a hemolysin co-regulated protein in a serotype O17 strain of Vibrio cholerae. Homologs to V. cholerae hcp genes have been found in all characterized type VI secretion systems and they are present...
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