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How the protein antibiotic pyocin S5 kills Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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Antimicrobial resistance is a deadly threat that is on the rise globally. Failure of small molecule antibiotic drug discovery programs and an increasing understanding of the dangers of antibiotic-induced dysbiosis of the microbiome have led to interest in bacteriocins as narrow-spectrum antibiotics. Pyocin S5 (PyoS5), a protein antibiotic against Pseudomonas aeruginosa, is the most potent colicin-like bacteriocin known but its structure and molecular mechanism remain poorly unders...

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MSD
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Doctoral Training Centre - MSD
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TranslationalMedicineStudentship
Infection,Immunology
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DPhil
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Doctoral
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University of Oxford
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English
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2019-12-17

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