A novel type I toxin-antitoxin system modulates persister cell formation in Staphylococcus aureus

A plethora of toxin-antitoxin systems exist in bacteria and has multilateral roles in bacterial pathogenesis and virulence. Toxin-antitoxin systems have been involved in persister cell formation in Escherichia coli and Mycobacterium but have not been reported to be associated with Staphylococcus aur...

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Main Authors: Gul Habib, Jiade Zhu, Baolin Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-02-01
Series:International Journal of Medical Microbiology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1438422120300102