colicin v meaning

[Medicine]
Bacteriocins elaborated by strains of Escherichia coli and related species. They are proteins or protein-lipopolysaccharide complexes lethal to other strains of the same species.

Examples

1. The molecules secreted vary in size from the small " Escherichia coli " peptide colicin V, ( 10 kDa ) to the " Pseudomonas fluorescens " cell adhesion protein LapA of 900 kDa.
2. The molecules secreted vary in size from the small " Escherichia coli " peptide colicin V, ( 10 kDa ) to the " Pseudomonas fluorescens " cell adhesion protein LapA of 520 kDa.