Type II toxin/antitoxin MqsR/MqsA controls type V toxin/antitoxin GhoT/GhoS

YeeU enhances the bundling of cytoskeletal polymers of MreB and FtsZ, antagonizing the CbtA (YeeV) toxicity in Escherichia coli

(2012) Hisako Masuda et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

A new type V toxin-antitoxin system where mRNA for toxin GhoT is cleaved by antitoxin GhoS

(2012) Xiaoxue Wang et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

Toxin-Antitoxin Systems Influence Biofilm and Persister Cell Formation and the General Stress Response

(2011) Xiaoxue Wang et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Toxins-antitoxins: diversity, evolution and function

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Antitoxin DinJ influences the general stress response through transcript stabilizer CspE

(2011) Ying Hu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Bacterial Toxin RelE Mediates Frequent Codon-independent mRNA Cleavage from the 5′ End of Coding Regionsin Vivo

(2011) Jennifer M. Hurley et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Antitoxin MqsA helps mediate the bacterial general stress response

(2011) Xiaoxue Wang et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

Bacterial persistence by RNA endonucleases

(2011) Etienne Maisonneuve et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Persister Cells

(2010) Kim Lewis   Annual Review of Microbiology

Escherichia coli toxin/antitoxin pair MqsR/MqsA regulate toxin CspD

(2010) Younghoon Kim et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Structure of theEscherichia coliAntitoxin MqsA (YgiT/b3021) Bound to Its Gene Promoter Reveals Extensive Domain Rearrangements and the Specificity of Transcriptional Regulation

(2010) Breann L. Brown et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Ciprofloxacin Causes Persister Formation by Inducing the TisB toxin in Escherichia coli

(2010) Tobias Dörr et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Toxins Hha and CspD and small RNA regulator Hfq are involved in persister cell formation through MqsR in Escherichia coli

(2009) Younghoon Kim et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Control and benefits of CP4-57 prophage excision in Escherichia coli biofilms

(2009) Xiaoxue Wang et al.   ISME Journal

MqsR, a Crucial Regulator for Quorum Sensing and Biofilm Formation, Is a GCU-specific mRNA Interferase inEscherichia coli

(2009) Yoshihiro Yamaguchi et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Three new RelE-homologous mRNA interferases ofEscherichia colidifferentially induced by environmental stresses

(2009) Mikkel Christensen-Dalsgaard et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Escherichia coli MazF Leads to the Simultaneous Selective Synthesis of Both “Death Proteins” and “Survival Proteins”

(2009) Shahar Amitai et al.   PLoS Genetics