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Identification and Characterization of an Antibacterial Type VI Secretion System in the Carbapenem-Resistant Strain Klebsiella pneumoniae HS11286.
Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology - 1 Jan 2017
Liu Lu, Ye Meiping, Li Xiaobin, Li Jun, Deng Zixin, Yao Yu-Feng, Ou Hong-Yu
Abstract excerpt
The type VI secretion system (T6SS) is a class of sophisticated cell contact-dependent apparatus with anti-eukaryotic or anti-bacterial function. Klebsiella pneumoniae is one of the most common bacterial pathogens with resistance to the carbapenem antibiotics. However, little is known about the antibacterial T6SS in K. pneumoniae. Using core-component protein searches, we identified a putative T6SS gene cluster...
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