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Bacterial Toxin–Antitoxin Systems: More Than Selfish Entities?

Bacterial toxin–antitoxin (TA) systems are diverse and widespread in the prokaryotic kingdom. They are composed of closely linked genes encoding a stable toxin that can harm the host cell and its cognate labile antitoxin, which protects the host from the toxin's deleterious effect. TA systems a...

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Autores principales: Van Melderen, Laurence, Saavedra De Bast, Manuel
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2654758/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19325885
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1000437