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Single-Cell Analysis Reveals Cryptic Prophage Protease LfgB Protects <i>Escherichia coli</i> During Oxidative Stress by Cleaving Antitoxin MqsA
2023-09-23
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<h4>ABSTRACT</h4> Although toxin/antitoxin (TA) systems are ubiquitous, beyond phage inhibition and mobile element stabilization, their role in host metabolism is obscure. One of the best-characterized TA systems is MqsR/MqsA of Escherichia coli , which has been linked previously to protecting this gastrointestinal species during the stress it encounters from the bile salt deoxycholate as it colonizes humans. Ho...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 54d2ada0-4e52-5f80-a693-793d5b0b5cdf
- DOI
- 10.1101/2023.09.23.559088
