Bacteria employ a specialized weapon known as the type VI secretion system to defend themselves from competing organisms. A new study reveals the molecular architecture of the type VI secretion system and highlights conserved mechanistic similarities with contractile phage tails.
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Davidson, A.R., Maxwell, K.L. Type VI secretion system baseplate. Nat Microbiol 3, 1330–1331 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-018-0311-7
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