Identification and characterisation of toxin-antitoxin systems in Helicobacter pylori tfs ICEs

The tfs gene clusters that largely comprise the main plasticity regions of H. pylori encode Type IV secretion systems (T4SS); Tfs3 T4SS and Tfs4 T4SS. Both tfs3 and tfs4 have been described as integrative and conjugative elements (ICEs) that can excise from a host chromosome and transfer to a recipi...

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Main Author: Boampong, Kwadwo
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2019
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/55771/