Phylogeny Reveals Novel HipA-Homologous Kinase Families and Toxin-Antitoxin Gene Organizations
Kenn Gerdes,
Rene Bærentsen,
Ditlev E. Brodersen
Affiliations
Kenn Gerdes
Centre of Excellence for Bacterial Stress Response and Persistence, Section for Functional Genomics, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen N, Denmark
Rene Bærentsen
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Aarhus C, Denmark
Ditlev E. Brodersen
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Aarhus C, Denmark
Bacterial multidrug tolerance and persistence are problems of increasing scientific and medical significance. The first gene discovered to confer persistence was hipAhipBAE. coli
