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colibactin

colibactin noun: a bacterial genotoxin of uncertain structure.

Noun

colibactin (uncountable)

  1. A bacterial genotoxin of uncertain structure
    • Within CG258, we found several instances of colibactin genes, which encode a genotoxin that induces host DNA damage, and conjugation machinery of type IV secretion systems (T4SS), which is not surprising given CG258’s plethora of plasmids.2015 July 22, “Genomic Analysis of the Emergence and Rapid Global Dissemination of the Clonal Group 258 Klebsiella pneumoniae Pandemic”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about colibactin

What does colibactin mean?
Colibactin means a bacterial genotoxin of uncertain structure.
What part of speech is colibactin?
Colibactin is a noun.

Words near colibactin in the dictionary

  1. colibacilloses
  2. colibacillosis
  3. colibacilluria
  4. colibacillus
  5. colibacilosis
  6. colibactin
  7. colic
  8. colic valve
  9. colic valves
  10. colic weed
  11. colica pictonum

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