Toxin-Antitoxin Systems as Phage Defense Elements

<jats:p> Toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems are ubiquitous genetic elements in bacteria that consist of a growth-inhibiting toxin and its cognate antitoxin. These systems are prevalent in bacterial chromosomes, plasmids, and phage genomes, but individual systems are not highly conserved, even among...

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Auteurs principaux: LeRoux, Michele, Laub, Michael T
Autres auteurs: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology
Format: Article
Langue:English
Publié: Annual Reviews 2023
Accès en ligne:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/147074