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Toxin rescue by a random sequence

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A random sequence variant in an experimental screen can rescue Escherichi coli from the deleterious effects of a RNase toxin by interacting with chaperones.

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Fig. 1: The mechanism of E. coli toxin rescue by a random protein.

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