Molecular structure and function of the novel BrnT/BrnA toxin-antitoxin system of Brucella abortus.

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Published in J Biol Chem on February 14, 2012

Authors

Brook E Heaton1, Julien Herrou, Anne E Blackwell, Vicki H Wysocki, Sean Crosson

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1: Committee on Microbiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.

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