Type II toxin-antitoxin loci: The mazEF family

Prokaryotic Toxin-Antitoxins

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 107-136

  Yamaguchi, Yoshihiro ^a   Inouye, Masayori ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-33253-1_7     Document Type: Chapter

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