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Orphan Toxin OrtT (YdcX) of Escherichia coli Reduces Growth during the Stringent Response

Toxin/antitoxin (TA) systems are nearly universal in prokaryotes; toxins are paired with antitoxins which inactivate them until the toxins are utilized. Here we explore whether toxins may function alone; i.e., whether a toxin which lacks a corresponding antitoxin (orphan toxin) is physiologically re...

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Autores principales: Islam, Sabina, Benedik, Michael J., Wood, Thomas K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4344625/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25643179
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins7020299

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