Toxin-Antitoxin Systems as Multilevel Interaction Systems
Toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems are small genetic modules usually composed of a toxin and an antitoxin counteracting the activity of the toxic protein. These systems are widely spread in bacterial and archaeal genomes. TA systems have been assigned many functions, ranging from persistence to DNA stabil...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2014-01-01
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| Series: | Toxins |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2072-6651/6/1/304 |