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ReviewEcoSal Plus2024

Type I toxin-antitoxin systems in bacteria: from regulation to biological functions.

Selene F H Shore, Florian H Leinberger, Elizabeth M Fozo, Bork A Berghoff

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Review in EcoSal Plus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
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  4. Protection AgainstVaccines · 2026
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  8. Review
  9. Toxins · 2025
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  12. Review
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Selene F H ShoreDepartment of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.
Florian H LeinbergerInstitute for Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Germany.
Elizabeth M FozoDepartment of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6928-2275
Bork A BerghoffInstitute for Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6299-419X

Funding

Small proteins in sugar metabolismR15GM106291 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE · PI FOZO, ELIZABETH M. · 2014 to 2014
$329k
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) BE 5210/3-2NIGMS NIH HHS R15 GM106291NIH HHS R15GM106291UTK Office of Research, Innovation and Economic Development
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Toxin-antitoxin systems are ubiquitous in the prokaryotic world and widely distributed among chromosomes and mobile genetic elements. Several different toxin-antitoxin system types exist, but what they all have in common is that toxin activity is prevented by the cognate antitoxin. In type I toxin-antitoxin systems, toxin production is controlled by an RNA antitoxin and by structural features inherent to the toxin messenger RNA. Most type I toxins are small membrane proteins that display a variety of cellular effects. While originally discovered as modules that stabilize plasmids, chromosomal type I toxin-antitoxin systems may also stabilize prophages, or serve important functions upon certain stress conditions and contribute to population-wide survival strategies. Here, we will describe the intricate RNA-based regulation of type I toxin-antitoxin systems and discuss their potential biological functions.

Indexed as

BacteriaBacterial ToxinsGene Expression Regulation, BacterialToxin-Antitoxin SystemsAntitoxinsBacterial ProteinsPlasmidsProphagesRNA, BacterialRNA, MessengerAntitoxinsBacterial ProteinsBacterial ToxinsRNA, BacterialRNA, Messengerantibiotic persistencemembrane toxinsmobile genetic elementsRNA regulationtoxin-antitoxin systems

Identifiers

PMID38767346
PMCPMC11636113

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