Re-evaluating the role of hok /Sok in T4 phage defense
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The hok /Sok toxin-antitoxin system was shown to protect Escherichia coli BK6 from the T4 phage at low multiplicity of infection. One proposed mechanism relies on the rapid depletion of the Sok RNA antitoxin after T4-induced transcriptional arrest, allowing Ho... ...