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Type II and type IV toxin-antitoxin systems show different evolutionary patterns in the global Klebsiella pneumoniae population.
Nucleic acids research - 7 May 2020
Horesh Gal, Fino Cinzia, Harms Alexander, Dorman Matthew J, Parts Leopold, Gerdes Kenn, Heinz Eva, Thomson Nicholas R
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The Klebsiella pneumoniae species complex includes important opportunistic pathogens which have become public health priorities linked to major hospital outbreaks and the recent emergence of multidrug-resistant hypervirulent strains. Bacterial virulence and the spread of multidrug resistance have previously been linked to toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems. TA systems encode a toxin that disrupts essential cellular...
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