Recent Advancements in Toxin and Antitoxin Systems Involved in Bacterial Programmed Cell Death
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Recent Advancements in Toxin and Antitoxin Systems Involved in Bacterial Programmed Cell Death
Programmed cell death (PCD) systems have been extensively studied for their significant role in a variety of biological processes in eukaryotic organisms. Recently, more and more researches have revealed the existence of similar systems employed by bacteria in response to various environmental stresses. This paper summarized the recent researching advancements in toxin/antitoxin systems located...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Microbiology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1687-918X,1687-9198
DOI: 10.1155/2010/781430