The toxin/immunity network of Burkholderia pseudomallei contact-dependent growth inhibition (CDI) systems

• Main Authors: Kiel Nikolakakis, Saba Amber, J. Scott Wilbur, Elie J. Diner, Stephanie K. Aoki, Stephen J. Poole, Apichai Tuanyok, Paul S. Keim, Sharon Peacock, Christopher S. Hayes, David A. Low
• Other Authors: University of California, Santa Barbara
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Immunology and Microbiology
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/13748
• Institution: Mahidol University

Burkholderia pseudomallei is a category B pathogen and the causative agent of melioidosis - a serious infectious disease that is typically acquired directly from environmental reservoirs. Nearly all B. pseudomallei strains sequenced to date ( > 85 isolates) contain gene clusters that are related...