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A Short Peptide Derived from the ZorO Toxin Functions as an Effective Antimicrobial

Antimicrobial peptides are potential molecules for the development of novel antibiotic agents. The ZorO toxin of a type I toxin–antitoxin system in Escherichia coli O157:H7 is composed of 29 amino acids and its endogenous expression inhibits E. coli growth. However, little is known about its inhibit...

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Autores principales: Otsuka, Yuichi, Ishikawa, Tomohiro, Takahashi, Chisato, Masuda, Michiaki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6669753/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31277504
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins11070392