Viral evasion of a bacterial suicide system by RNA-based molecular mimicry enables infectious altruism.

Viral evasion of a bacterial suicide system by RNA-based molecular mimicry enables infectious altruism.

Abortive infection, during which an infected bacterial cell commits altruistic suicide to destroy the replicating bacteriophage and protect the clonal population, can be mediated by toxin-antitoxin systems such as the Type III protein-RNA toxin-antitoxin system, ToxIN. A flagellum-dependent bacterio...

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Main Authors: Tim R Blower, Terry J Evans, Rita Przybilski, Peter C Fineran, George P C Salmond
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3475682?pdf=render

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