mSphere (Jun 2021)

The <i>higBA-</i> Type Toxin-Antitoxin System in IncC Plasmids Is a Mobilizable Ciprofloxacin-Inducible System

  • Qin Qi,
  • Muhammad Kamruzzaman,
  • Jonathan R. Iredell

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00424-21
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 3

Abstract

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Toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems play vital roles in maintaining plasmids in bacteria. Plasmids with incompatibility group C are large plasmids that disseminate via conjugation and carry high-profile antibiotic resistance genes.