Addiction module
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addiction-module-259-1381332
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Addiction module
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Addiction modules are toxin-antitoxin systems. Each consists of a pair of genes that specify two components: a stable toxin and an unstable antitoxin that interferes with the lethal action of the toxin. Found first in Escherichia coli on low copy number plasmids, addiction modules are responsible for a process called the postsegregational killing effect. When bacteria lose these plasmid(s), the cured cells are selectively killed because the unstable antitoxin is degraded faster than the more sta
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Type of bacterial toxin-antitoxin system
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addiction_module
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2023-08-20T17:33:08Z
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