TOXIN-ANTITOXIN SYSTEMS. “In prokaryotes, conjugative plasmids often encode for the simultaneous production of long-lived toxins and short-lived antitoxins. When these are present together, the toxin is harmless to the host. However, if one daughter cell is cured of the plasmid, it will inherit toxic cytoplasm without a source of antitoxin and will die.” Train driver’s Dead Man’s Switch.
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022