262: Spot on With T4SS Modulators

<p dir="ltr">TWiM welcomes new host <a href= "https://biology.wustl.edu/people/petra-levin" target="_blank" rel= "noopener" data-cke-saved-href= "https://biology.wustl.edu/people/petra-levin">Petra Levin</a>, and explains how a small protein helps ensure that E. coli utilizes a preferred carbon source, and a screening strategy to identify inhibitors of the type IV secretion system that is essential for virulence of a variety of bacterial pathogens.</p> <p>Become a <a href="http://www.microbe.tv/contribute" target= "_blank" rel="noopener" data-cke-saved-href= "http://www.microbe.tv/contribute">patron</a> of TWiM.</p> <h2><strong>Links for this episode</strong></h2> <ul> <li>A small <a href= "https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2119866119" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cke-saved-href= "https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2119866119">protein regulates carbon utilization</a> (PNAS)</li> <li><a href="https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.00240-22" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cke-saved-href= "https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.00240-22">Inhibitors of type IV secretion systems</a> (mBio)</li> <li><a href="https://www.microbe.tv/twim/twim-262-letters/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener" data-cke-saved-href= "https://www.microbe.tv/twim/twim-262-letters/">Letters read on TWiM 262</a></li> <li><a href="https://asm.org/twimpoll" target="_blank" rel= "noopener" data-cke-saved-href="https://asm.org/twimpoll">TWiM Listener survey</a></li> </ul>