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Oral Phageome as Potential Modulators of Periodontal Dysbiosis. A Systematic Review

Oral Diseases, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction The oral phageome, comprising bacteriophages inhabiting the oral cavity, has been proposed as a potential modulator of periodontal health and disease. This systematic review synthesizes current evidence on interactions between bacteriophages, key periodontal bacteria, and the host in periodontitis.
Marco Bonilla, Sara El‐Amrani, Pablo Galindo‐Moreno, Francisco Mesa   +3 more
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Characterization of the interaction and cross-regulation of three Mycobacterium tuberculosis RelBE modules. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2010
RelBE represents a typical bacterial toxin-antitoxin (TA) system. Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv, the pathogen responsible for human tuberculosis, contains three RelBE-like modules, RelBE, RelFG, and RelJK, which are at least partly expressed in human ...
Min Yang, Chunhui Gao, Yi Wang, Hua Zhang, Zheng-Guo He   +4 more
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The 3D genome of Gigaspora margarita unveils stable chromatin and nucleolar organization and symbiont‐dependent genome dynamics

New Phytologist, Volume 251, Issue 5, Page 2799-2817, September 2026.
Summary Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are widespread plant symbionts that enhance nutrient acquisition and influence ecosystem productivity. Previous chromosome‐level assemblies of the model species Rhizophagus irregularis revealed a two‐compartment genome architecture (active A and repressed B chromatin compartments), yet its conservation across ...
Ken Mugambi, Jordana Oliveira, Franco Magurno, Alessandra Salvioli di Fossalunga, Mara Novero, Luisa Lanfranco, Stefano Ghignone, Gökalp Yildirir, Yan Wang, Paola Bonfante, Nicolas Corradi   +10 more
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The VapBC-4 Characterization Indicates It Is a Bona Fide Toxin-Antitoxin Module of Leptospira interrogans: Initial Evidence for a Role in Bacterial Adaptation

Microorganisms
Toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems are one of the bacterial adaptation mechanisms to adverse conditions. Leptospira interrogans serovar Copenhageni contains nine putative TA systems.
Bruna Oliveira Pigatto Azevedo, Deborah Kohn Damiano, Aline Florencio Teixeira, Ana Lucia Tabet Oller Nascimento, Luis Guilherme Virgilio Fernandes, Alexandre Paulo Yague Lopes   +5 more
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The MazEF Toxin-Antitoxin System Alters the β-Lactam Susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
Toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems are genetic elements of prokaryotes which encode a stable toxin and an unstable antitoxin that can counteract toxicity. TA systems residing on plasmids are often involved in episomal maintenance whereas those on chromosomes ...
Christopher F Schuster, Lukas Mechler, Nicoletta Nolle, Bernhard Krismer, Marc-Eric Zelder, Friedrich Götz, Ralph Bertram   +6 more
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Chemical Optimization of Temporin A–L Peptides: From Native Isoforms to Enhanced Antimicrobial Analogs

ChemMedChem, Volume 21, Issue 15, 14 August 2026.
Temporins, among antimicrobial peptides, are short frog‐derived molecules with potent antibacterial activity. This review highlights chemical optimization strategies applied to temporins A–L, showing how sequence tuning modulates structure, stability, and selectivity, enabling improved activity against resistant pathogens.
Ida Boccino, Paolo Grieco, Francesco Merlino   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Potential role of a CRISPR-Cas-activated toxin-antitoxin system in bacterial immunity

Nature Communications
CRISPR-Cas and toxin-antitoxin systems can serve as antiviral defense mechanisms in prokaryotes. In typical toxin-antitoxin systems, toxin activation can limit phage propagation by inducing growth arrest or reduced cellular fitness, while the antitoxin ...
Jiyun Chen, Linglong Huang, Hong Chen, Xueyan Li, Xiaofeng Lin, Chenmin Guo, Xi Liu, Guowei Fu, Ying Chen, Liang Liu   +9 more
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Excitable dynamics through toxin-induced mRNA cleavage in bacteria.

PLoS ONE, 2019
Toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems in bacteria and archaea are small genetic elements consisting of the genes coding for an intracellular toxin and an antitoxin that can neutralize this toxin. In various cases, the toxins cleave the mRNA.
Stefan Vet, Alexandra Vandervelde, Lendert Gelens   +2 more
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Recent Advances in the Molecular Mechanisms of Bacterial Anti‐Phage Defence Systems

Microbial Biotechnology, Volume 19, Issue 8, August 2026.
Panoptes as an example for an antiphage system consists of OptS producing a cyclic dinucleotide that prevents activation of OptE, a transmembrane protein. Phage T4 infection introduces the sponge protein Acb2 that adsorbs the cyclic dinucleotide thus activating OptE which disrupts the cell membrane aborting phage infection.
Harald Brüssow
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CLINICO–Demographic Profile and Outcomes of Hospitalised Children With Diphtheria in A Tertiary Care Hospital of Peshawar

Acta Paediatrica, Volume 115, Issue 8, Page 1646-1653, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Aim To determine the clinico‐demographic profile and predictors of mortality in hospitalised children with diphtheria. Methods This retrospective cohort study included 202 children aged 5–16 years diagnosed with diphtheria per WHO criteria at Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar, from January 2023 to December 2024. Data on demographics, vaccination
Amir Muhammad, Ashfaq Ahmed, Waqas Naseem, Ale Azad Othman, Mohsin Hassan, Lyaba Atta, Muhammad Tahir   +6 more
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