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Microbiological Phenomena > Toxin-Antitoxin Systems

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Toxin-Antitoxin Systems  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Mechanisms that allow bacteria and archaea to rapidly adapt to changing environmental conditions via a toxin, produced during adverse conditions, that inhibits a specific vital process, and a partner antitoxin that blocks the effects of the toxin, under normal growth conditions.

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-XZV488DW-X

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