title: Colicins: structures, modes of action, transfer through membranes, and evolution.
abstract: This article intends to inform a broader audience on a fascinating class of protein toxins (bacteriocins) which usually kill only cells of the same species. Those who gained a deeper interest in bacteriocins can find a comprehensive description of the field in a recent book based on a conference (James et al. 1992), and in more specialized review articles dealing with certain aspects (Pugsley 1984a, b), or certain colicins (De Graaf and Oudega 1986; Harkness and Olschläger 1991; Lazdunski et al. 1988). The older literature has been reviewed by Brandis and Smarda (1971), Reeves (1972), Hardy (1975) and Konisky (1982).
authors.affiliation: Mikrobiologie/Membranphysiologie, Universität Tübingen, Germany.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Braun
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pilsl
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gross
mesh_terms: D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D005075:Biological Evolution; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D003087:Colicins; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000737:chemistry*; D008954:Models, Biological
chemical_list: D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D003087:Colicins