MazF-mediated cell death in Escherichia coli: A point of no return

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 8295-8300

  Amitai, Shahar ^a   Yassin, Yussuf ^a   Engelberg Kulka, Hanna ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITOXIN; ANTITOXIN MAZE; BACTERIAL TOXIN; MESSENGER RNA; TOXIN MAZF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIOSTASIS; CELL DEATH; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; LETHALITY; LURIA BERTANI MEDIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSLATION;

APOPTOSIS; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LURIA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 10044283095     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.24.8295-8300.2004     Document Type: Article

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