Structural and functional analysis of the kid toxin protein from E. Coli plasmid R1

Structure

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1425-1433

  Hargreaves, David ^a   Santos Sierra, Sandra ^b   Giraldo, Rafael ^b   Sabariegos Jareño, Rosario ^b   De la Cueva Méndez, Guillermo ^b,d   Boelens, Rolf ^c   Díaz Orejas, Ramon ^b   Rafferty, John B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d HUTCHISON MRC RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CcdB; DNA replication; Mutational analysis; Plasmid maintenance; Postsegregational killing; Toxin antitoxin

Indexed keywords

ANTITOXIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIMER; KID TOXIN PROTEIN; PROTEIN CCDB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036772626     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(02)00856-0     Document Type: Article

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