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rexB of bacteriophage lambda is an anti-cell death gene.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 22 Dec 1998
Engelberg-Kulka H, Reches M, Narasimhan S, Schoulaker-Schwarz R, Klemes Y, Aizenman E, Glaser G
Abstract excerpt
In Escherichia coli, programmed cell death is mediated through "addiction modules" consisting of two genes; the product of one gene is long-lived and toxic, whereas the product of the other is short-lived and antagonizes the toxic effect. Here we show that the product of lambdarexB, one of the few genes expressed in the lysogenic state of bacteriophage lambda, prevents cell death directed by each of two addiction...
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