ReviewFrontiers in microbiology2023
Evolutionary and ecological role of extracellular contractile injection systems: from threat to weapon.
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- Viruses help shape microbiome response to polyphenol rewiring of methane-suppressed peat microcosms.PLoS biology · 2026Article
- Programmable Bacterial Contractile Injection Systems for Ag Delivery and CD8Immune network · 2026Article
- Genus-wide Homologous Recombination of Tail Fibers Maintains Tailocin Diversity in Pectobacterium.Genome biology and evolution · 2026Article
- Structure of a contractile injection system in Salmonella enterica subsp. salamae.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Harnessing eCISs for precision phytomicrobiome engineering and biocontrol.FEMS microbiology reviews · 2026Review
- Key directions of fundamental research on bacteriophage Receptor Binding Proteins with applied potential.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Review
- The landscape of bacterial contractile injection systems across large-scale metagenomes.Microbiology spectrum · 2025Article
- Advancements in CRISPR/Cas systems for disease treatment.Acta pharmaceutica Sinica. B · 2025Review
- The repressor PrtR1 and the global H-NS-like regulators MvaT and MvaV enable the fine-tuning of R-tailocin expression in Pseudomonas protegens.BMC microbiology · 2025Article
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- A VersaTile Approach to Reprogram the Specificity of the R2-Type Tailocin Towards Different Serotypes ofAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Tradeoffs and constraints on the evolution of tailocins.Trends in microbiology · 2024Review
- Fragmented micro-growth habitats present opportunities for alternative competitive outcomes.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Identification of novel toxins associated with the extracellular contractile injection system using machine learning.Molecular systems biology · 2024Article
- A phage tail-like bacteriocin suppresses competitors in metapopulations of pathogenic bacteria.Science (New York, N.Y.) · 2024Article
- Control of a gene transfer agent cluster in Caulobacter crescentus by transcriptional activation and anti-termination.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Breaking genetic shackles: The advance of base editing in genetic disorder treatment.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2024Review
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Abstract
Contractile injection systems (CISs) are phage tail-related structures that are encoded in many bacterial genomes. These devices encompass the cell-based type VI secretion systems (T6SSs) as well as extracellular CISs (eCISs). The eCISs comprise the R-tailocins produced by various bacterial species as well as related phage tail-like structures such as the antifeeding prophages (Afps) of
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