A bacterial binary toxin system that kills both insects and aquatic crustaceans: Photorhabdus insect-related toxins A and B

Cytolysin A (ClyA): A Bacterial Virulence Factor with Potential Applications in Nanopore Technology, Vaccine Development, and Tumor Therapy

(2022) Kazunori Murase   Toxins

Expression of the AHPND Toxins PirAvp and PirBvp Is Regulated by Components of the Vibrio parahaemolyticus Quorum Sensing (QS) System

(2022) Shin-Jen Lin et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Identification and Expression Analysis of an Interacting Protein (LvFABP) that Mediates Vibrio parahaemolyticus AHPND Toxin Action

(2022) Xiaoqian Gu et al.   Frontiers in Immunology

Conjugative Transfer of Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Disease-Causing pVA1-Type Plasmid Is Mediated by a Novel Self-Encoded Type IV Secretion System

(2022) Dehao Wang et al.   Microbiology Spectrum

The PirB toxin protein from Vibrio parahaemolyticus induces apoptosis in hemocytes of Penaeus vannamei

(2021) Zhou Zheng et al.   Virulence

Temperature and salinity modulate virulence and PirA gene expression of Vibrio parahaemolyticus, the causative agent of AHPND

(2021) Gabriela López-Cervantes et al.   AQUACULTURE INTERNATIONAL

Cytotoxicity of Vibrio parahaemolyticus AHPND toxin on shrimp hemocytes, a newly identified target tissue, involves binding of toxin to aminopeptidase N1 receptor

(2021) Waruntorn Luangtrakul et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Which Is Stronger? A Continuing Battle Between Cry Toxins and Insects

(2021) Lu Liu et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

The Vibrio parahaemolyticus subunit toxin PirB recognizes glycoproteins on the epithelium of the Penaeus vannamei hepatopancreas

(2021) Marcelo Victorio De los Santos et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Targeting PirAvp and PirBvp Toxins of Vibrio parahaemolyticus with Oilseed Peptides: An In Silico Approach

(2021) Joe-Hui Ong et al.   Antibiotics-Basel

Acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease in penaeid shrimp

(2020) Ramya Kumar et al.   Reviews in Aquaculture

The B Subunit of PirABvp Toxin Secreted from Vibrio parahaemolyticus Causing AHPND Is an Amino Sugar Specific Lectin

(2020) Marcelo Victorio-De Los Santos et al.   Pathogens

An α‐amylase‐like protein interacts with PirB toxin from Vibrio parahaemolyticus in digestive tract tissue of white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei

(2020) Norineli Almanza‐Martínez et al.   AQUACULTURE RESEARCH

A Review of the Functional Annotations of Important Genes in the AHPND-Causing pVA1 Plasmid

(2020) Hao-Ching Wang et al.   Microorganisms

A Mutant of Vibrio parahaemolyticus pirABVP (+) That Carries Binary Toxin Genes but Does Not Cause Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Disease

(2020) Luis Fernando Aranguren Caro et al.   Microorganisms

QsvR integrates into quorum sensing circuit to control Vibrio parahaemolyticus virulence

(2019) Yiquan Zhang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Evidence of the horizontal transfer of pVA1-type plasmid from AHPND-causing V. campbellii to non-AHPND V. owensii

(2019) Xuan Dong et al.   AQUACULTURE

Structural Insights to the Heterotetrameric Interaction between the Vibrio parahaemolyticus PirAvp and PirBvp Toxins and Activation of the Cry-Like Pore-Forming Domain

(2019) Shin-Jen Lin et al.   Toxins

High-resolution cryo-EM structures of the E. coli hemolysin ClyA oligomers

(2019) Wei Peng et al.   PLoS One

Conjugative Transfer of the pVA1-Type Plasmid Carrying the pirABvp Genes Results in the Formation of New AHPND-Causing Vibrio

(2019) Xuan Dong et al.   Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Bile acid and bile acid transporters are involved in the pathogenesis of acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease in white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei

(2019) Ramya Kumar et al.   CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY

pir A- and pirB -like gene identification in Micrococcus luteus strains in Mexico

(2018) Ma. de Jesús Durán-Avelar et al.   JOURNAL OF FISH DISEASES

PirVP genes causing AHPND identified in a new Vibrio species (Vibrio punensis) within the commensal Orientalis clade

(2018) Leda Restrepo et al.   Scientific Reports

First report of acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND) occurring in the USA

(2018) AK Dhar et al.   DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS

Effect of temperature on pathogenic and non-pathogenic Vibrio parahaemolyticus biofilm formation

(2017) Xueying Song et al.   FOOD CONTROL

PirAB protein from Xenorhabdus nematophila HB310 exhibits a binary toxin with insecticidal activity and cytotoxicity in Galleria mellonella

(2017) Qing Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Structural Insights into the Cytotoxic Mechanism of Vibrio parahaemolyticus PirAvp and PirBvp Toxins

(2017) Shin-Jen Lin et al.   Marine Drugs

CryoEM structures of membrane pore and prepore complex reveal cytolytic mechanism of Pneumolysin

(2017) Katharina van Pee et al.   eLife

An isolate of Vibrio campbellii carrying the pir VP gene causes acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease

(2017) Xuan Dong et al.   Emerging Microbes & Infections

Shrimp AHPND-causing plasmids encoding the PirAB toxins as mediated by pirAB-Tn903 are prevalent in various Vibrio species

(2017) Jinzhou Xiao et al.   Scientific Reports

Cryo-EM structure of aerolysin variants reveals a novel protein fold and the pore-formation process

(2016) Ioan Iacovache et al.   Nature Communications

The Draft Genome Sequence of the Yersinia entomophaga Entomopathogenic Type Strain MH96T

(2016) Mark Hurst et al.   Toxins

Pore-forming toxins: ancient, but never really out of fashion

(2015) Matteo Dal Peraro et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

The opportunistic marine pathogenVibrio parahaemolyticusbecomes virulent by acquiring a plasmid that expresses a deadly toxin

(2015) Chung-Te Lee et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Detection of acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND) in Mexico

(2014) L Nunan et al.   DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS

Photorhabdus luminescensPirAB-fusion protein exhibits both cytotoxicity and insecticidal activity

(2014) Yusheng Li et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Vibrio parahaemolyticus: a review on the pathogenesis, prevalence, and advance molecular identification techniques

(2014) Vengadesh Letchumanan et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Determination of the infectious nature of the agent of acute hepatopancreatic necrosis syndrome affecting penaeid shrimp

(2013) L Tran et al.   DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS

Cell Density- and Quorum Sensing-Dependent Expression of Type VI Secretion System 2 in Vibrio parahaemolyticus

(2013) Li Wang et al.   PLoS One

The LysR-Type Virulence Activator AphB Regulates the Expression of Genes in Vibrio cholerae in Response to Low pH and Anaerobiosis

(2010) G. Kovacikova et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Toxins and Secretion Systems of Photorhabdus luminescens

(2010) Athina Rodou et al.   Toxins

PirAB Toxin from Photorhabdus asymbiotica as a Larvicide against Dengue Vectors

(2009) A. Ahantarig et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

An α-amylase is a novel receptor forBacillus thuringiensisssp.israelensisCry4Ba and Cry11Aa toxins in the malaria vector mosquitoAnopheles albimanus(Diptera:Culicidae)

(2009) Maria Teresa Fernandez-Luna et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The structure of a cytolytic α-helical toxin pore reveals its assembly mechanism

(2009) Marcus Mueller et al.   NATURE

Isolation and molecular characterization of Vibrio parahaemolyticus from fresh, low-temperature preserved, dried, and salted seafood products in two coastal areas of eastern China

(2008) Zhen-quan Yang et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD MICROBIOLOGY