Colicins: structures, modes of action, transfer through membranes, and evolution

Bacteriocins of gram-positive bacteria

1995 • 2,477 citations

Bacteriocins of gram-positive bacteria.

1976 • 1,060 citations

Covalent lipoprotein from the outer membrane of escherichia coli

1975 • 568 citations

Bacteriocins of gram-positive bacteria

1976 • 440 citations

Colicins and other Bacteriocins with Established Modes of Action

1982 • 384 citations

Colicinogeny and related phenomena

1975 • 226 citations

Refined structure of the pore-forming domain of colicin A at 2.4 Å resolution

1992 • 205 citations

The proton motive force drives the outer membrane transport of cobalamin in Escherichia coli

1993 • 183 citations

The ins and outs of colicins. Part I: Production, and translocation across membranes.

1984 • 183 citations

Suppression of the btuB451 mutation by mutations in the tonB gene suggests a direct interaction between TonB and TonB-dependent receptor proteins in the outer membrane of Escherichia coli

1988 • 173 citations

Transport across the outer membrane ofEscherichia coli K12 via the FhuA receptor is regulated by the TonB protein of the cytoplasmic membrane

1989 • 172 citations

Colicin E1 Binding to Membranes: Time-Resolved Studies of Spin-Labeled Mutants

1993 • 167 citations

Formation of a Gated Channel by a Ligand-Specific Transport Protein in the Bacterial Outer Membrane

1992 • 165 citations

Evolutionary relationship of uptake systems for biopolymers in Escherichia coli: cross‐complementation between the TonB‐ExbB‐ExbD and the TolA‐TolQ‐TolR proteins

1993 • 163 citations

The microcins

1984 • 160 citations

Colicin E2 release: lysis, leakage or secretion? Possible role of a phospholipase.

1984 • 159 citations

TolA: a membrane protein involved in colicin uptake contains an extended helical region.

1991 • 157 citations

A survey of Col plasmids in natural isolates of Escherichia coli and an investigation into the stability of Col-plasmid lineages

1992 • 157 citations

Bacteriocins, Microcins and Lantibiotics

1992 • 151 citations

The structurally related exbB and tolQ genes are interchangeable in conferring tonB-dependent colicin, bacteriophage, and albomycin sensitivity

1989 • 131 citations

Conversion of the FhuA transport protein into a diffusion channel through the outer membrane of Escherichia coli.

1993 • 130 citations

TonB protein of Salmonella typhimurium

1990 • 129 citations

Genetic suppression demonstrates interaction of TonB protein with outer membrane transport proteins in Escherichia coli

1990 • 126 citations

The ins and outs of colicins. Part II. Lethal action, immunity and ecological implications.

1984 • 124 citations

Escherichia coli TonB protein is exported from the cytoplasm without proteolytic cleavage of its amino terminus.

1988 • 117 citations

Colicin A unfolds during its translocation in Escherichia coli cells and spans the whole cell envelope when its pore has formed.

1992 • 115 citations

Evidence for a TonB‐dependent energy transduction complex in Escherichia coli

1991 • 108 citations

In vivo properties of colicin A: channel activity is voltage dependent but translocation may be voltage independent.

1990 • 103 citations

The membrane channel-forming colicin A: synthesis, secretion, structure, action and immunity

1988 • 102 citations

Protein import into Escherichia coli: colicins A and E1 interact with a component of their translocation system.

1991 • 99 citations

Fluorescence Energy Transfer Distance Measurements

1993 • 95 citations

Colicinogeny and related phenomena.

1975 • 93 citations

Production and Release of Cloacin DF13 and Related Colicins

1986 • 90 citations

A sequence‐specific function for the N‐terminal signal‐like sequence of the TonB protein

1993 • 89 citations

Penetration of colicin M into cells of Escherichia coli

1980 • 89 citations

Colicin M Inhibits Peptidoglycan Biosynthesis by Interfering with Lipid Carrier Recycling

1989 • 85 citations

Assembly of colicin genes from a few DNA fragments. Nucleotide sequence of colicin D

1989 • 81 citations

Membrane topologies of the TolQ and TolR proteins of Escherichia coli: inactivation of TolQ by a missense mutation in the proposed first transmembrane segment

1993 • 76 citations

The Bacteriocins

1972 • 75 citations

Import‐defective colicin B derivatives mutated in the TonB box

1990 • 75 citations

In vivo evidence for FhuA outer membrane receptor interaction with the TonB inner membrane protein of Escherichia coli

1990 • 75 citations

Extracellular release of colicin A is non-specific.

1987 • 65 citations

Membrane topography of ColE1 gene products: the hydrophobic anchor of the colicin E1 channel is a helical hairpin

1991 • 64 citations

Domains of colicin M involved in uptake and activity

1993 • 62 citations

Membrane topography of ColE1 gene products: the immunity protein

1991 • 61 citations

In vivo inhibition of TonB-dependent processes by a TonB box consensus pentapeptide

1992 • 57 citations

Molecular structure and immunity specificity of colicin E6, an evolutionary intermediate between E-group colicins and cloacin DF13

1989 • 55 citations

Activity domains of the TonB protein

1993 • 53 citations

The TonB protein of Yersinia enterocolitica and its interactions with TonB-box proteins

1993 • 50 citations

An alpha-helical hydrophobic hairpin as a specific determinant in protein-protein interaction occurring in Escherichia coli colicin A and B immunity systems

1992 • 46 citations

Structural and functional properties of colicin M

1981 • 46 citations

Inhibition of Lipopolysaccharide O-Antigen Synthesis by Colicin M

1989 • 42 citations

Intramembrane helix-helix interactions as the basis of inhibition of the colicin E1 ion channel by its immunity protein

1993 • 42 citations

Binding of the immunity protein inactivates colicin M

1991 • 39 citations

Bypass of receptor-mediated resistance to colicin E3 in Escherichia coli K-12

1978 • 35 citations

The biology of colicin M

1991 • 32 citations

Colicin M is only bactericidal when provided from outside the cell

1990 • 26 citations

An Evolutionary Relationship between the ColE5-099 and the ColE9-J Plasmids Revealed by Nucleotide Sequencing

1989 • 23 citations

A new colicin that adsorbs to outer-membrane protein Tsx but is dependent on the tonB instead of the tolQ membrane transport system

1992 • 22 citations

Temperature-sensitive, colicin M-tolerant mutant of Escherichia coli

1981 • 22 citations

General Introduction to the Secretion of Bacteriocins

1992 • 18 citations

Posttranslationale Backbone‐Modifikationen unter Bildung heteroaromatischer Fünfringe bei der Biosynthese des glycinreichen Antibioticums Microcin B17

1993 • 14 citations

Role of tol genes in cloacin DF13 susceptibility of Escherichia coli K-12 strains expressing the cloacin DF13-aerobactin receptor IutA

1993 • 13 citations

H. Brandis und J. Šmarda, Bacteriocine und bacteriocinähnliche Substanzen. 407 S., 85 Abb., 79 Tab. Jena 1971: VEB Gustav Fischer M 98,00

1973 • 12 citations

A colicin M derivative containing the lipoprotein signal sequence is secreted and renders the colicin M target accessible from inside the cells

1991 • 6 citations

Functioning of the pCLODF13 Encoded BRP

1992 • 4 citations