Proteic toxin-antitoxin, bacterial plasmid addiction systems and their evolution with special reference to the pas system of pTF-FC2

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 269-277

  Rawlings, Douglas E ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Plasmid addiction; Plasmid evolution; Plasmid stability; Toxin antitoxin couple

Indexed keywords

ANTITOXIN; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; PROTEIN; RNA; TOXIN;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; AUTOREGULATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; CHROMOSOME; EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0033062929     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00256-6     Document Type: Article

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