Effector loading onto the VgrG carrier activates type VI secretion system assembly

Plant pathogenic Agrobacterium tumefaciens strains have diverse type VI effector-immunity pairs and vary in in planta competitiveness

(2019) Chih-Feng Wu et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

An onboard checking mechanism ensures effector delivery of the type VI secretion system in Vibrio cholerae

(2019) Xiaoye Liang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Atomic Structure of Type VI Contractile Sheath from Pseudomonas aeruginosa

(2018) Osman Salih et al.   STRUCTURE

Structural insights into the function of type VI secretion system TssA subunits

(2018) Samuel R. Dix et al.   Nature Communications

Type VI secretion systems in plant-associated bacteria

(2017) Patricia Bernal et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The Role of Type VI Secretion System Effectors in Target Cell Lysis and Subsequent Horizontal Gene Transfer

(2017) Peter David Ringel et al.   Cell Reports

Type VI Secretion Effectors: Methodologies and Biology

(2017) Yun-Wei Lien et al.   Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Cryo-EM structure of the extended type VI secretion system sheath–tube complex

(2017) Jing Wang et al.   Nature Microbiology

TssA forms a gp6‐like ring attached to the type VI secretion sheath

(2016) Sara Planamente et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

A phospholipase A1 antibacterial Type VI secretion effector interacts directly with the C-terminal domain of the VgrG spike protein for delivery

(2016) Nicolas Flaugnatti et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Priming and polymerization of a bacterial contractile tail structure

(2016) Abdelrahim Zoued et al.   NATURE

VgrG C terminus confers the type VI effector transport specificity and is required for binding with PAAR and adaptor–effector complex

(2016) Devanand D. Bondage et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Aim, Load, Fire: The Type VI Secretion System, a Bacterial Nanoweapon

(2016) Francesca R. Cianfanelli et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

VgrG and PAAR Proteins Define Distinct Versions of a Functional Type VI Secretion System

(2016) Francesca R. Cianfanelli et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Atomic Structure of T6SS Reveals Interlaced Array Essential to Function

(2015) Daniel L. Clemens et al.   CELL

The Type VI Secretion TssEFGK-VgrG Phage-Like Baseplate Is Recruited to the TssJLM Membrane Complex via Multiple Contacts and Serves As Assembly Platform for Tail Tube/Sheath Polymerization

(2015) Yannick R. Brunet et al.   PLoS Genetics

Agrobacterium tumefaciens Deploys a Superfamily of Type VI Secretion DNase Effectors as Weapons for Interbacterial Competition In Planta

(2014) Lay-Sun Ma et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Type VI secretion system effectors: poisons with a purpose

(2014) Alistair B. Russell et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

The HsiB1C1 (TssB-TssC) Complex of thePseudomonas aeruginosaType VI Secretion System Forms a Bacteriophage Tail Sheathlike Structure

(2013) Nadine S. Lossi et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Systematic Dissection of the Agrobacterium Type VI Secretion System Reveals Machinery and Secreted Components for Subcomplex Formation

(2013) Jer-Sheng Lin et al.   PLoS One

New secreted toxins and immunity proteins encoded within the Type VI secretion system gene cluster ofSerratia marcescens

(2012) Grant English et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Type VI secretion requires a dynamic contractile phage tail-like structure

(2012) M. Basler et al.   NATURE

Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis

(2012) Johannes Schindelin et al.   NATURE METHODS

Type 6 Secretion Dynamics Within and Between Bacterial Cells

(2012) M. Basler et al.   SCIENCE

Acid-Induced Type VI Secretion System Is Regulated by ExoR-ChvG/ChvI Signaling Cascade in Agrobacterium tumefaciens

(2012) Chih-Feng Wu et al.   PLoS Pathogens

A Type VI Secretion System of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Targets a Toxin to Bacteria

(2010) Rachel D. Hood et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

An IcmF Family Protein, ImpLM, Is an Integral Inner Membrane Protein Interacting with ImpKL, and Its Walker A Motif Is Required for Type VI Secretion System-Mediated Hcp Secretion in Agrobacterium tumefaciens

(2009) L.-S. Ma et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Secretome Analysis Uncovers an Hcp-Family Protein Secreted via a Type VI Secretion System in Agrobacterium tumefaciens

(2008) H.-Y. Wu et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Homologous Recombination in Agrobacterium: Potential Implications for the Genomic Species Concept in Bacteria

(2008) D. Costechareyre et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION