Episode 249
249: Phage-pathogen and toxin-antitoxin conflicts
This Week in Microbiology · Vincent Racaniello, Elio Schaechter, Michael Schmidt, Michele Swanson
August 27, 202148m 55s
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Show Notes
TWiM reveals how temporal shifts in antibiotic resistance elements govern phage-pathogen conflicts, and the intracellular localization of toxin-antitoxin proteins in E. coli.
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Links for this episode:
- Phage-pathogen conflicts (Science)
- A 'Trap-Door' Strategy for Mobile Element Escape (Front Micro)
- Location of toxin-antitoxin proteins (mBio)
- Babel-Jerusalem Bookstore
- Letters read on TWiM 249
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