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. 2011 Mar;9(3):e1001036.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001036. Epub 2011 Mar 22.

PezT: a bacterial suicide gene

Caitlin Sedwick  1
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PezT: a bacterial suicide gene

Caitlin Sedwick. PLoS Biol. 2011 Mar.
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The toxin PezT kills bacterial cells by disrupting cell wall synthesis. Cells exposed to the baneful molecular mechanism of PezT lose the ability to divide (green) until they eventually burst and die (red).
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