Toxin-Antitoxin Systems in Pathogenic Bacteria

Toxins (Basel). 2021 Jan 20;13(2):74. doi: 10.3390/toxins13020074.

Abstract

Toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems, which are ubiquitously present in plasmids, bacterial and archaeal genomes, are classified as types I to VI, according to the nature of the antitoxin and to the mode of toxin inhibition [...].

Publication types

  • Editorial
  • Introductory Journal Article
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Bacteria / drug effects
  • Bacteria / genetics
  • Bacteria / metabolism*
  • Bacteria / pathogenicity
  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics
  • Bacterial Proteins / metabolism*
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
  • Toxin-Antitoxin Systems* / drug effects
  • Toxin-Antitoxin Systems* / genetics

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Bacterial Proteins