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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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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 |