作者: Kenn Gerdes , Etienne Maisonneuve
DOI: 10.1016/J.MOLCEL.2015.06.019
关键词: Persistence (computer science) 、 Cell 、 Genetics 、 Biology 、 Second messenger system 、 GTP-binding protein regulators 、 Alarmone 、 Escherichia coli 、 Toxin 、 GTPase
摘要: In this issue of Molecular Cell, Verstraeten et al. (2015) demonstrate that the conserved GTPase Obg and second messenger ppGpp mediate persistence by activation a type I toxin-antitoxin module (hokB/sokB) in E. coli.