Bacterial Toxin-antitoxin Systems as Molecular Biology Tools
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...designated this fragment as the ccdB region (for “coupled cell division”). The encoded toxin-antitoxin system...subunit of DNA gyrase and trapping it in the cleaved complex. This results in DNA breakage and cell death. Conversely... so that the marker can be reused to introduce multiple genetic modifications in the same strain. MazF...translation.
Here, Mok and Hok translation is coupled. Translation from the Shine-Dalgarno (SD) sequence...often lost without plasmid addiction systems. For example, Cara Morin and James Kaper used the hok/sok system...Teru, and Sota Hiraga. "Mini-F plasmid genes that couple host cell division to plasmid proliferation." Proceedings...K. Burley. "Crystal structure of the MazE/MazF complex: molecular bases of antidote-toxin recognition....