The antisense RNA of the par locus of pAD1 regulates the expression of a 33-amino-acid toxic peptide by an unusual mechanism

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 652-660

  Greenfield, Tony J ^a   Ehli, Erik ^a   Kirshenmann, Todd ^a   Franch, Thomas ^a   Gerdes, Kenn ^a   Weaver, Keith E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; BACTERIAL TOXIN; COMPLEMENTARY RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CELL KILLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA BINDING; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA TRANSLATION;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PLASMIDS; RNA, ANTISENSE; RNA, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033866970     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.02035.x     Document Type: Article

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