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Prokaryotic Toxin-Antitoxins

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In the last decade, the field of “Prokaryotic Toxin—Antitoxins” has developed into an exciting branch of molecular microbiology, with many basic discoveries that have increased our understanding of these genes and that may lead to important breakthroughs in medical microbiology and biotechnology.

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Acknowledgments

I thank Manuel Espinosa Padron for comments to the manuscript. This work was supported by the Welcome Trust and the European Research Council (ERC).

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Gerdes, K. (2013). Introduction. In: Gerdes, K. (eds) Prokaryotic Toxin-Antitoxins. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33253-1_1

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