MicrobiologymBioPeer-reviewed
BetaH proteolysis unleashes an electrostatic-homing antibacterial polymorphic toxin
Daniel W Mwangi, Maureen Kiley Thomason, Lauren M. Shull…·Joshua John Woodward
This paper identifies and characterizes a diffusible polymorphic toxin system in Staphylococcus aureus that mediates inter-genus antagonism against Listeria monocytogenes through extracellular proteolysis and ABC transporter-mediated susceptibility.