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

John Mekalanos and colleagues describe their surprising findings of the bacterial swordplay that occurs when P. aeruginosa is attacked by a type VI secretion system (T6SS) from a neighboring cell of another species. The bacterium under siege mounts its own lethal T6SS counterattack from the point where it was targeted.

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