Characterization of a mazEF Toxin-Antitoxin Homologue from Staphylococcus equorum
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Characterization of a mazEF toxin-antitoxin homologue from Staphylococcus equorum.
Toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems encoded in prokaryotic genomes fall into five types, typically composed of two distinct small molecules, an endotoxic protein and a cis-encoded antitoxin of ribonucleic or proteinaceous nature. In silico analysis revealed seven putative type I and three putative type II TA systems in the genome of the nonpathogenic species strain Staphylococcus equorum SE3. Among th...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Bacteriology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0021-9193,1098-5530
DOI: 10.1128/jb.00400-12