Term Name: toxin-antitoxin complex
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Definition: A bacterial protein complex that neutralises its own toxin by complexing the toxin with the antitoxin. The antitoxin can be either a protein or an RNA. The neutralising toxin-antitoxin complex also acts as a transcriptional repressor of the toxin-antitoxin operon.
Ontology: GO: Cellular Component [GO:0110001]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: transcription repressor complex