Prokaryotic Toxin-Antitoxins

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Gerdes, Kenn. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Microbiology.; Cytology.; Microbial genetics.; Life Sciences.; Microbial Genetics and Genomics.; Medical Microbiology.; Apoptosis.; Applied Microbiology.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33253-1

Prokaryotic Toxins <U+0013> Antitoxins presents the first comprehensive overview of an exciting and rapidly expanding research field. Toxin <U+0013> antitoxin (TA) genes were first identified on plasmids almost 30 years ago. Since then it has become evident that TA genes are highly abund...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Type I Toxin <U+0013> Antitoxin Systems: Hok/Sok and Fst
• Novel Type I Toxin <U+0013> Antitoxin Systems
• Type II TA Loci: The Ccdab and Parde Families
• Type II TA Loci: The Relbe Family
• Type II TA Loci: The Unusual Mqsra Locus
• Type II TA Loci: The Mazef Family
• Type II TA Loci: Vapbc and Other TA Loci In Mycobacteria
• Type II TA Loci: Phd Doc Family
• Type II TA Loci: The Fic Family
• Type II TA Loci, Hipab And Persisters
• Type II TA Loci: Zeta/Pezt Family
• Type II Loci: Phylogeny
• Type III TA Loci
• TA Loci Encoded By Plasmids
• TA Loci in Archaea
• TA Loci in Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
• TA Loci in Streptococcus Pneumoniae
• Biotechnological and Medical Exploitations Of TA Genes and Their Components.