colibactin

C3O1L1I1B3A1C3T1I1N1

noun

A bacterial genotoxin of uncertain structure

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Meanings

nouncolibactin (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA 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.

    2015 July 22, “Genomic Analysis of the Emergence and Rapid Global Dissemination of the Clonal Group 258 Klebsiella pneumoniae Pandemic”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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