Colibactin
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colibactin-232-4875285
title:
Colibactin
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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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Chemical compound
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colibactin
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date modified:
2022-07-14T04:42:30Z
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