Colibactin

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title: Colibactin
text: Colibactin is a genotoxic metabolite produced by Escherichia coli and other Enterobacteriaceae believed to cause mutations leading to colorectal cancer and the progression of colorectal cancer. Colibactin is a polyketide peptide that can form interstrand crosslinks in DNA. Colibactin is only produced by bacterial strains containing a polyketide synthase genomic island (pks) or clb biosynthetic gene cluster. About 20% of humans are colonized with E. coli that harbor the pks island. Colibactin for
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description: Chemical compound
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date modified: 2022-07-14T04:42:30Z
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