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ReviewJournal of bacteriology2026

The role of toxin-antitoxin systems in

Juan D Romero-Carpio, Luis D Chacón-Loría, Silvia Molina-Castro, Bradd Mendoza-Guido

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Review in Journal of bacteriology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Juan D Romero-CarpioInstituto de Investigaciones en Salud (INISA), Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica.ORCID 0009-0008-6368-8320
Luis D Chacón-LoríaInstituto de Investigaciones en Salud (INISA), Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica.
Silvia Molina-CastroInstituto de Investigaciones en Salud (INISA), Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica.ORCID 0000-0002-7523-9919
Bradd Mendoza-GuidoInstituto de Investigaciones en Salud (INISA), Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica.ORCID 0009-0005-3214-4599

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems are genetic modules widely distributed across bacterial chromosomes and mobile genetic elements. Initially described as plasmid addiction systems that ensure vertical inheritance through post-segregational killing, they are now recognized as versatile regulators of bacterial adaptability. In

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Adaptation, PhysiologicalBacterial ToxinsHelicobacter pyloriToxin-Antitoxin SystemsBacterial ProteinsGene Expression Regulation, BacterialHumansBacterial ProteinsBacterial Toxinsantibiotic tolerancecoccoid morphologycolonizationgastric cancervapD

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PMID42584454
PMCPMC13584709

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