mBio
(Oct 2021)
Colicin-Mediated Transport of DNA through the Iron Transporter FepA
Ruth Cohen-Khait,
Ameya Harmalkar,
Phuong Pham,
Melissa N. Webby,
Nicholas G. Housden,
Emma Elliston,
Jonathan T. S. Hopper,
Shabaz Mohammed,
Carol V. Robinson,
Jeffrey J. Gray,
Colin Kleanthous
Affiliations
Ruth Cohen-Khait
Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Ameya Harmalkar
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Phuong Pham
Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Melissa N. Webby
Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Nicholas G. Housden
Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Emma Elliston
Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Jonathan T. S. Hopper
Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Shabaz Mohammed
Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Carol V. Robinson
Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Jeffrey J. Gray
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Colin Kleanthous
ORCiD Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01787-21
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12,
no. 5
Abstract
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Decades of excessive use of readily available antibiotics has generated a global problem of antibiotic resistance and, hence, an urgent need for novel antibiotic solutions. Bacteriocins are protein-based antibiotics produced by bacteria to eliminate closely related competing bacterial strains.
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