Identification and characterization of a family of toxin-antitoxin systems related to the Enterococcus faecalis plasmid pAD1 par addiction module.

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Published in Microbiology on June 18, 2009

Authors

Keith E Weaver1, Shirisha G Reddy, Cassandra L Brinkman, Smita Patel, Kenneth W Bayles, Jennifer L Endres

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Basic Biomedical Sciences, Sanford School of Medicine, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD 57069, USA. kweaver@usd.edu

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