Definition of "colicin" []

• Any of various antibacterial proteins produced by certain strains of the colon bacillus that are lethal to other closely related strains of bacteria. (noun)

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• "This region contains four iron acquisition systems (iutA iucABCD, sitABCD, iroBCDN and temperature-sensitive hemagglutinin tsh), colicin V operon, increasing serum sensitivity iss"
• "Quackenbush RL, Falkow S (1979) Relationship between colicin V activity and virulence in"
• "Brown J, Gibbs PS, Nolan LK, Turner KR (1994) Effect of normal intestinal flora of chickens on colonization by virulent colicin V-producing, avirulent, and mutant colicin V-producing avian"