Linkage, mobility, and selfishness in the MazF family of bacterial toxins: a snapshot of bacterial evolution.

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Published in Genome Biol Evol on January 01, 2013

Authors

Nikita Chopra1, Saumitra, Abhinandan Pathak, Rakesh Bhatnagar, Sonika Bhatnagar

Author Affiliations

1: Computational and Structural Biology Laboratory, Division of Biotechnology, Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology, Dwarka, New Delhi, India.

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