The bacterial Type III toxin-antitoxin system, ToxIN, is a dynamic protein-RNA complex with stability-dependent antiviral abortive infection activity
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-18696-x
Abstract: Bacteria have evolved numerous defense systems to protect themselves from viral (bacteriophage) infection. The ToxIN system of Pectobacterium atrosepticum is a Type III toxin-antitoxin complex and “altruistic suicide” anti-phage system, which kills phage-infected cells through… read more here.
Keywords: system; toxn; phage; infection ... See more keywords