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ArticleInternational journal of microbiology2010

Recent advancements in toxin and antitoxin systems involved in bacterial programmed cell death.

Ming-Xi Hu, Xiao Zhang, Er-Li Li, Yong-Jun Feng

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Article in International journal of microbiology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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12 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ming-Xi HuSchool of Life Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100086, China.
Xiao Zhang
Er-Li Li
Yong-Jun Feng
Beijing Institute of Technology · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Programmed cell death (PCD) systems have been extensively studied for their significant role in a variety of biological processes in eukaryotic organisms. Recently, more and more researches have revealed the existence of similar systems employed by bacteria in response to various environmental stresses. This paper summarized the recent researching advancements in toxin/antitoxin systems located on plasmids or chromosomes and their regulatory roles in bacterial PCD. The most studied yet disputed mazEF system was discussed in depth, and possible roles and status of such a special bacterial death and TA systems were also reviewed from the ecological and evolutionary perspectives.

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PMID21253538
PMCPMC3021852
OpenAlexW2140644517

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