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CLINICO–Demographic Profile and Outcomes of Hospitalised Children With Diphtheria in A Tertiary Care Hospital of Peshawar

Acta Paediatrica, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Orphan Toxin OrtT (YdcX) of Escherichia coli Reduces Growth during the Stringent Response

Toxins, 2015
Toxin/antitoxin (TA) systems are nearly universal in prokaryotes; toxins are paired with antitoxins which inactivate them until the toxins are utilized. Here we explore whether toxins may function alone; i.e., whether a toxin which lacks a corresponding ...
Sabina Islam, Michael J. Benedik, Thomas K. Wood   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Identification, functional characterization, assembly and structure of ToxIN type III toxin antitoxin complex from E. coli

, 2022
Toxin antitoxin TA systems are proposed to play crucial roles in bacterial growth under stress conditions such as phage infection. The type III TA systems consist of a protein toxin whose activity is inhibited by a noncoding RNA antitoxin. The toxin is
Paul, S., Srinivasan, N., Nadig, K., Singh, M., Rothweiler, U., Manikandan, P., Sandhya, S.   +6 more
core   +1 more source

The 3D genome of Gigaspora margarita unveils stable chromatin and nucleolar organization and symbiont‐dependent genome dynamics

New Phytologist, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Applications of toxin-antitoxin systems in synthetic biology

Engineering Microbiology, 2023
Toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems are ubiquitous in bacteria and archaea. Most are composed of two neighboring genetic elements, a stable toxin capable of inhibiting crucial cellular processes, including replication, transcription, translation, cell division and membrane integrity, and an unstable antitoxin to counteract the toxicity of the toxin.
Jianzhong Lin, Yunxue Guo, Jianyun Yao, Kaihao Tang, Xiaoxue Wang   +4 more
openaire   +3 more sources

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
wiley   +1 more source

Toxin–antitoxin systems: reversible toxicity

Current Opinion in Microbiology, 2017
Toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems encoded on the plasmids and chromosomes of bacteria are emerging as key players in stress adaptation. In particular, they have been implicated in the induction of persisters non-growing cells that can evade antibiotic exposure.
Hall, A, Gollan, B, Helaine, S
openaire   +3 more sources

Ser/Thr phosphorylation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis type II RelK toxin by PknK destabilizes TA interaction and interferes with toxin neutralization

mBio
Toxin-antitoxin (TA) modules represent genetic elements implicated in bacterial persistence. Mycobacterium tuberculosis encodes 90+ TA modules, the majority of which are type II, comprising of a toxin component and an antitoxin counterpart that ...
Shafinaz Rahman Sarah, Abhishek Garg, Sadiyah Afroz, Shaleen Korch, Arjun Ray, Amita Gupta, Vandana Malhotra   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

RHS-elements function as type II toxin-antitoxin modules that regulate intra-macrophage replication of Salmonella Typhimurium.

PLoS Genetics, 2020
RHS elements are components of conserved toxin-delivery systems, wide-spread within the bacterial kingdom and some of the most positively selected genes known. However, very little is known about how Rhs toxins affect bacterial biology.
Magnus Stårsta, Disa L Hammarlöf, Marcus Wäneskog, Susan Schlegel, Feifei Xu, Arvid Heden Gynnå, Malin Borg, Sten Herschend, Sanna Koskiniemi   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluating the Potential for Cross-Interactions of Antitoxins in Type II TA Systems

Toxins, 2020
The diversity of Type-II toxin–antitoxin (TA) systems in bacterial genomes requires tightly controlled interaction specificity to ensure protection of the cell, and potentially to limit cross-talk between toxin–antitoxin pairs of the same family of TA ...
Chih-Han Tu, Michelle Holt, Shengfeng Ruan, Christina Bourne   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source