Diversity, Prevalence, and Longitudinal Occurrence of Type II Toxin-Antitoxin Systems of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infecting Cystic Fibrosis Lungs

Type II toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems are most commonly composed of two genes encoding a stable toxin, which harms the cell, and an unstable antitoxin that can inactivate it. TA systems were initially characterized as selfish elements, but have recently gained attention for regulating general stress...

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Main Authors: Sandra B. Andersen, Melanie Ghoul, Ashleigh S. Griffin, Bent Petersen, Helle K. Johansen, Søren Molin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2017.01180/full