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Evolution of Pectobacterium Bacteriophage ΦM1 To Escape Two Bifunctional Type III Toxin-Antitoxin and Abortive Infection Systems through Mutations in a Single Viral Gene

Some bacteria, when infected by their viral parasites (bacteriophages), undergo a suicidal response that also terminates productive viral replication (abortive infection [Abi]). This response can be viewed as an altruistic act protecting the uninfected bacterial clonal population. Abortive infection...

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Autores principales: Blower, Tim R., Chai, Ray, Przybilski, Rita, Chindhy, Shahzad, Fang, Xinzhe, Kidman, Samuel E., Tan, Hui, Luisi, Ben F., Fineran, Peter C., Salmond, George P. C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5377504/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28159786
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.03229-16