What is the link between stringent response, endoribonuclease encoding Type II Toxin-Antitoxin systems and persistence?
Bhaskar Chandra Mohan Ramisetty, Dimpy Ghosh, Moumita Roy Chowdhury, Ramachandran Sarojini Santhosh
This study challenges a model linking stringent response, Type II Toxin-Antitoxin systems, and persistence by showing inorganic polyphosphate is not required for Lon-dependent degradation of YefM and the Δ10 strain has lower fitness.
bioRxiv · Aug 24, 2016Microbiology