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Rhs-toxin Abundance, Diversity, and Function in Four Genera of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria: <i>Xanthomonas, Ralstonia, Pectobacterium,</i> and <i>Dickeya</i>
2025-05-13
Abstract excerpt
Rearrangement hotspot (Rhs) toxins are polymorphic bacterial toxins that inhibit competitor microbes, playing a critical role in interbacterial competition. Each toxin comprises a conserved N-terminal region for translocation and a hypervariable C-terminal domain harboring toxic activity, with a cognate immunity gene positioned downstream to prevent self-killing. The ubiquity and variability of Rhs toxins across b...
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- Literature Corpus work
- e602e55a-57ef-5e06-9e96-cf5f60aecc18
- DOI
- 10.1101/2025.05.08.652813
