Entry and Killing of <named-content content-type="genus-species">Tetrahymena thermophila</named-content> by Bacterially Produced Shiga Toxin

ABSTRACT Phage-encoded Shiga toxin (Stx) acts as a bacterial defense against the eukaryotic predator Tetrahymena thermophila. It is unknown how Stx enters Tetrahymena protozoa or how it kills them. Tetrahymena protozoa are phagocytotic; hence, Stx could gain entry to the cytoplasm through the oral a...

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Autores principales: Gino Stolfa, Gerald B. Koudelka
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Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2013
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