Preferred Label : Toxin-Antitoxin Systems;
MeSH definition : Mechanisms that allow bacteria and archaea to rapidly adapt to changing environmental
conditions via a toxin, produced during adverse conditions, that inhibits a specific
vital process, and a partner antitoxin that blocks the effects of the toxin, under
normal growth conditions.;
MeSH synonym : System, Toxin-Antitoxin; Systems, Toxin-Antitoxin; Toxin Antitoxin Systems; Toxin-Antitoxin System;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxin-antitoxin system;
Origin ID : D000075704;
UMLS CUI : C4505317;
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Mechanisms that allow bacteria and archaea to rapidly adapt to changing environmental
conditions via a toxin, produced during adverse conditions, that inhibits a specific
vital process, and a partner antitoxin that blocks the effects of the toxin, under
normal growth conditions.