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The bacterial Type III toxin-antitoxin system, ToxIN, is a dynamic protein-RNA complex with stability-dependent antiviral abortive infection activity

Bacteria have evolved numerous defense systems to protect themselves from viral (bacteriophage) infection. The ToxIN system of Pectobacterium atrosepticum is a Type III toxin-antitoxin complex and “altruistic suicide” anti-phage system, which kills phage-infected cells through the release of a ribon...

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Autores principales: Short, Francesca L., Akusobi, Chidiebere, Broadhurst, William R., Salmond, George P. C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5772629/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29343718
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-18696-x