The mazEF toxin-antitoxin system as a novel antibacterial target in Acinetobacter baumannii

• Main Authors: Ghafourian, Sobhan, Good, Liam, Sekawi, Zamberi, Awang Hamat, Rukman, Soheili, Sara, Sadeghifard, Nourkhoda, Neela, Vasantha Kumari
• Format: Article
• Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 2014
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35747/; http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0074-02762014000400502&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en

Although analysis of toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems can be instructive, to date, there is no information on the prevalence and identity of TA systems based on a large panel of Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates. The aim of the current study was to screen for functional TA systems among clinical...