Delighted to share a new paper from our lab, a study led by Mathieu Bergé looking at how an endogenous toxin targets replication to induce competence in the pneumococcus.
dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
A toxin/antitoxin system targeting the replication sliding-clamp induces competence in Streptococcus pneumoniae
Author summary The environment in which bacteria live puts them under a great deal of stress, forcing them to adapt constantly, either temporarily or permanently. Streptococcus pneumoniae, a pathogeni...
