ε/ζ systems: their role in resistance, virulence, and their potential for antibiotic development

The Escherichia coli Extracellular Death Factor EDF Induces the Endoribonucleolytic Activities of the Toxins MazF and ChpBK

(2011) Maria Belitsky et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Antitoxin MqsA helps mediate the bacterial general stress response

(2011) Xiaoxue Wang et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

A Variable Region within the Genome of Streptococcus pneumoniae Contributes to Strain-Strain Variation in Virulence

(2011) Richard M. Harvey et al.   PLoS One

SecB-like chaperone controls a toxin-antitoxin stress-responsive system in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

(2011) P. Bordes et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A Novel Mechanism of Programmed Cell Death in Bacteria by Toxin–Antitoxin Systems Corrupts Peptidoglycan Synthesis

(2011) Hannes Mutschler et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Dissemination of an Enterococcus Inc18-Like vanA Plasmid Associated with Vancomycin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

(2010) W. Zhu et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

In VitroAntimicrobial Activity of Wall Teichoic Acid Biosynthesis Inhibitors againstStaphylococcus aureusIsolates

(2010) Takashi Suzuki et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Structural analysis of lipopolysaccharides from Gram-negative bacteria

(2010) D. S. Kabanov et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY-MOSCOW

Horizontal gene transfer and the genomics of enterococcal antibiotic resistance

(2010) Kelli L Palmer et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Assembly Dynamics and Stability of the Pneumococcal Epsilon Zeta Antitoxin Toxin (PezAT) System fromStreptococcus pneumoniae

(2010) Hannes Mutschler et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Plasmid pSM19035, a model to study stable maintenance in Firmicutes

(2010) Virginia S. Lioy et al.   PLASMID

Conjugative Plasmids of Neisseria gonorrhoeae

(2010) Emilia Pachulec et al.   PLoS One

Systematic Evaluation of Serotypes Causing Invasive Pneumococcal Disease among Children Under Five: The Pneumococcal Global Serotype Project

(2010) Hope L. Johnson et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

Discovery of a Small Molecule that Blocks Wall Teichoic Acid Biosynthesis inStaphylococcus aureus

(2009) Jonathan G. Swoboda et al.   ACS Chemical Biology

VanA-Type Vancomycin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

(2009) B. Perichon et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Novel Anion Liposome-Encapsulated Antisense Oligonucleotide Restores Susceptibility of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Rescues Mice from Lethal Sepsis by Targeting mecA

(2009) J. Meng et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Fosfomycin: an old, new friend?

(2009) M. Popovic et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES

PCR-based plasmid typing inEnterococcus faeciumstrains reveals widely distributed pRE25-, pRUM-, pIP501- and pHTβ-related replicons associated with glycopeptide resistance and stabilizing toxin–antitoxin systems

(2009) Torill C.S. Rosvoll et al.   FEMS IMMUNOLOGY AND MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Streptococcus pneumoniae Autolysis Prevents Phagocytosis and Production of Phagocyte-Activating Cytokines

(2009) A. Martner et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

In Vivo Interactions between Toxin-Antitoxin Proteins Epsilon and Zeta of Streptococcal Plasmid pSM19035 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

(2009) U. Zielenkiewicz et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Pattern of Accessory Regions and Invasive Disease Potential inStreptococcus pneumoniae

(2009) C. Blomberg et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

A toxin–antitoxin module as a target for antimicrobial development

(2009) Virginia S. Lioy et al.   PLASMID

The phage abortive infection system, ToxIN, functions as a protein–RNA toxin–antitoxin pair

(2009) Peter C. Fineran et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Bacterial Toxin–Antitoxin Systems: More Than Selfish Entities?

(2009) Laurence Van Melderen et al.   PLoS Genetics

Comprehensive Functional Analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Toxin-Antitoxin Systems: Implications for Pathogenesis, Stress Responses, and Evolution

(2009) Holly R. Ramage et al.   PLoS Genetics

A Toxin–Antitoxin System Promotes the Maintenance of an Integrative Conjugative Element

(2009) Rachel A. F. Wozniak et al.   PLoS Genetics

Enzymatic analysis of uridine diphosphate N-acetyl-d -glucosamine

(2008) Seema C. Namboori et al.   ANALYTICAL BIOCHEMISTRY

MazF, an mRNA Interferase, Mediates Programmed Cell Death during Multicellular Myxococcus Development

(2008) Hirofumi Nariya et al.   CELL

Exposing plasmids as the Achilles’ heel of drug-resistant bacteria

(2008) Julia J Williams et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CHEMICAL BIOLOGY

Horizontal gene transfer of virulence determinants in selected bacterial foodborne pathogens

(2008) B.G. Kelly et al.   FOOD AND CHEMICAL TOXICOLOGY

Pneumolysin Released during Streptococcus pneumoniae Autolysis Is a Potent Activator of Intracellular Oxygen Radical Production in Neutrophils

(2008) A. Martner et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Chromosomal Toxin-Antitoxin Systems May Act as Antiaddiction Modules

(2008) M. Saavedra De Bast et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Role of Conjugative Elements in the Evolution of the Multidrug-Resistant Pandemic Clone Streptococcus pneumoniaeSpain23F ST81

(2008) N. J. Croucher et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Acidic stress induces autolysis by a CSP-independent ComE pathway in Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2008) G. E. Pinas et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Complete sequence of Enterococcus faecium pVEF3 and the detection of an ω-ε-ζ toxin–antitoxin module and an ABC transporter

(2008) H. Sletvold et al.   PLASMID

Strain-Specific Virulence Phenotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae Assessed Using the Chinchilla laniger Model of Otitis Media

(2008) Michael L. Forbes et al.   PLoS One