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The endogenous Coxiella burnetii plasmid encodes a functional toxin–antitoxin system
17 Nov 2022
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Coxiella burnetii is the causative agent of Q fever. All C. burnetii isolates encode either an autonomously replicating plasmid (QpH1, QpDG, QpRS, or QpDV) or QpRS-like chromosomally integrated plasmid sequences. The role of the ORFs present in these sequences is unknown. Here, the role of the ORFs encoded on QpH1 was investigated. Using a new C. burnetii shuttle vector (pB-TyrB-QpH1ori), we cured the C. burnetii...
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