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

Structure of the Type VI Secretion System Contractile Sheath

(2015) Mikhail Kudryashev et al.   CELL

Atomic Structure of T6SS Reveals Interlaced Array Essential to Function

(2015) Daniel L. Clemens et al.   CELL

Biogenesis and structure of a type VI secretion membrane core complex

(2015) Eric Durand et al.   NATURE

The type VI secretion system of Vibrio cholerae fosters horizontal gene transfer

(2015) S. Borgeaud et al.   SCIENCE

Biochemical analysis of TssK, a core component of the bacterial Type VI secretion system, reveals distinct oligomeric states of TssK and identifies a TssK–TssFG subcomplex

(2014) Grant English et al.   BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

Architecture and assembly of the Type VI secretion system

(2014) Abdelrahim Zoued et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH

Type VI secretion and bacteriophage tail tubes share a common assembly pathway

(2014) Y. R. Brunet et al.   EMBO REPORTS

A Phage Tail-Derived Element with Wide Distribution among Both Prokaryotic Domains: A Comparative Genomic and Phylogenetic Study

(2014) P. F. Sarris et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Type VI secretion system effectors: poisons with a purpose

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

Expanded microbial genome coverage and improved protein family annotation in the COG database

(2014) Michael Y. Galperin et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

VgrG, Tae, Tle, and beyond: the versatile arsenal of Type VI secretion effectors

(2014) Eric Durand et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Structure of the VipA/B Type VI Secretion Complex Suggests a Contraction-State-Specific Recycling Mechanism

(2014) Sebastian Kube et al.   Cell Reports

Tit-for-Tat: Type VI Secretion System Counterattack during Bacterial Cell-Cell Interactions

(2013) Marek Basler et al.   CELL

A View to a Kill: The Bacterial Type VI Secretion System

(2013) Brian T. Ho et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Deadly syringes: type VI secretion system activities in pathogenicity and interbacterial competition

(2013) Nicole Kapitein et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Antibacterial effector/immunity systems: it's just the tip of the iceberg

(2013) Juliane Benz et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

TssK Is a Trimeric Cytoplasmic Protein Interacting with Components of Both Phage-like and Membrane Anchoring Complexes of the Type VI Secretion System

(2013) Abdelrahim Zoued et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

ClpV recycles VipA/VipB tubules and prevents non-productive tubule formation to ensure efficient type VI protein secretion

(2013) Nicole Kapitein et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

PAAR-repeat proteins sharpen and diversify the type VI secretion system spike

(2013) Mikhail M. Shneider et al.   NATURE

The Type VI secretion system – a widespread and versatile cell targeting system

(2013) Sarah J. Coulthurst   RESEARCH IN MICROBIOLOGY

Imaging Type VI Secretion-Mediated Bacterial Killing

(2013) Yannick R. Brunet et al.   Cell Reports

The bacterial two-hybrid system based on adenylate cyclase reconstitution in Escherichia coli

(2012) Aurélia Battesti et al.   METHODS

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

Structural biology of type VI secretion systems

(2012) E. Cascales et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Quantitative single-cell characterization of bacterial interactions reveals type VI secretion is a double-edged sword

(2012) M. LeRoux et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The host-binding domain of the P2 phage tail spike reveals a trimeric iron-binding structure

(2011) Eiki Yamashita et al.   Acta Crystallographica Section F-Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications

Structure-function analysis of HsiF, a gp25-like component of the type VI secretion system, in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

(2011) N. S. Lossi et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

An Epigenetic Switch Involving Overlapping Fur and DNA Methylation Optimizes Expression of a Type VI Secretion Gene Cluster

(2011) Yannick R. Brunet et al.   PLoS Genetics

Towards a Structural Comprehension of Bacterial Type VI Secretion Systems: Characterization of the TssJ-TssM Complex of an Escherichia coli Pathovar

(2011) Catarina Felisberto-Rodrigues et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Structure and Regulation of the Type VI Secretion System

(2010) Julie M. Silverman et al.   Annual Review of Microbiology

The SciZ protein anchors the enteroaggregativeEscherichia coliType VI secretion system to the cell wall

(2010) Marie-Stéphanie Aschtgen et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Tubules and donuts: a type VI secretion story

(2010) Gabriele Bönemann et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Morphogenesis of the T4 tail and tail fibers

(2010) Petr G Leiman et al.   Virology Journal

Dissecting the bacterial type VI secretion system by a genome wide in silico analysis: what can be learned from available microbial genomic resources?

(2009) Frédéric Boyer et al.   BMC GENOMICS

The Baseplate Wedges of Bacteriophage T4 Spontaneously Assemble into Hubless Baseplate-Like Structure In Vitro

(2009) Moh Lan Yap et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Structural similarity of tailed phages and pathogenic bacterial secretion systems

(2009) S. Kanamaru   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Type VI secretion apparatus and phage tail-associated protein complexes share a common evolutionary origin

(2009) P. G. Leiman et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Structure of Gene Product 6 of Bacteriophage T4, the Hinge-Pin of the Baseplate

(2009) Anastasia A. Aksyuk et al.   STRUCTURE

Type VI secretion: a beginner's guide

(2008) Lewis EH Bingle et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

The type VI secretion toolkit

(2008) Eric Cascales   EMBO REPORTS

SciN Is an Outer Membrane Lipoprotein Required for Type VI Secretion in Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli

(2008) M.-S. Aschtgen et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

In vitro self-assembly of tailorable nanotubes from a simple protein building block

(2008) E. R. Ballister et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The TolQ-TolR proteins energize TolA and share homologies with the flagellar motor proteins 
MotA-MotB

(2003) Eric Cascales et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY