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Special Focus Review

New type I toxin-antitoxin families from “wild” and laboratory strains of E. coli

Ibs-Sib, ShoB-OhsC and Zor-Orz

Pages 1504-1512 | Received 06 Sep 2012, Accepted 16 Oct 2012, Published online: 26 Nov 2012

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