Happy to share the last work of @jmartinkus.bsky.social, led by @dukasju.bsky.social
Immunity arrays associated with Rhs and CDI toxins and linked to a novel genetic element (XPC cassette) confer protection against competitors. @currentbiology.bsky.social
Kudos !!
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Martinkus et al. show that Photorhabdus and Xenorhabdus species encode arrays of immunity
genes whose protein products neutralize toxins secreted by competitors. These arrays,
often linked to Xer pass...
