Automated discovery and phylogenetic analysis of new toxin-antitoxin systems

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Although often viewed as elements "at the service of" bacteria, plasmids exhibit replication and maintenance mechanisms that make them purely "selfish DNA" candidates. Toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems are a spectacula...

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Main Authors: Milinkovitch Michel C, Szpirer Cédric, Guglielmini Julien
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-06-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/8/104