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MARTX effector cross kingdom activation by Golgi-associated ADP-ribosylation factors.
Cellular microbiology - 1 Aug 2016
Kim Byoung Sik, Satchell Karla J F
Abstract excerpt
Vibrio vulnificus infects humans and causes lethal septicemia. The primary virulence factor is a multifunctional-autoprocessing repeats-in-toxin (MARTX) toxin consisting of conserved repeats-containing regions and various effector domains. Recent genomic analyses for the newly emerged V. vulnificus biotype 3 strain revealed that its MARTX toxin has two previously unknown effector domains. Herein, we characterized...
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