MazEF toxin-antitoxin systems: their role in stress response and drug resistance.

Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther

Microbiology Department, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Sri Guru Gobind Singh, Tricentenary University, Gurugram, India.

Published: November 2024

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