What does colibactin mean?
Colibactin means A bacterial genotoxin of uncertain structure.
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A bacterial genotoxin of uncertain structure.
Within CG258, we found several instances of colibactin genes, which encode a genotoxin that induces host DNA damage, and conjugation machinery of type IV secretion systems (T4SS), which is not surprising given CG258’s plethora of plasmids.
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Colibactin means A bacterial genotoxin of uncertain structure.
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Within CG258, we found several instances of colibactin genes, which encode a genotoxin that induces host DNA damage, and conjugation machinery of type IV secretion systems (T4SS), which is not surprising given CG258’s plethora of plasmids.
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