A Novel Family of Escherichia coli Toxin-Antitoxin Gene Pairs

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 6600-6608

  Brown, Jason M ^a   Shaw, Karen Joy ^a  

^a JOHNSON AND JOHNSON PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITOXIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; DNA; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH INHIBITION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXIN ANALYSIS; YAFW GENE; YEEU GENE; YEEV GENE; YKFI GENE; YPJF GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTITOXINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLASMIDS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0242407473     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.22.6600-6608.2003     Document Type: Article

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