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Toxin–antitoxin systems and their role in disseminating and maintaining antimicrobial resistance

Toxin–antitoxin systems (TAs) are ubiquitous among bacteria and play a crucial role in the dissemination and evolution of antibiotic resistance, such as maintaining multi-resistant plasmids and inducing persistence formation. Generally, activities of the toxins are neutralised by their conjugate ant...

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Autores principales: Yang, Qiu E., Walsh, Timothy R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5812544/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28449040
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsre/fux006