The Bacillus subtilis ydcDE operon encodes an endoribonuclease of the MazF/PemK family and its inhibitor

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1139-1148

  Pellegrini, Olivier ^a   Mathy, Nathalie ^a   Gogos, Arhonda ^b,c   Shapiro, Lawrence ^b   Condon, Ciarán ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^c AAAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITOXIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; EDETIC ACID; HYDROXYL GROUP; MESSENGER RNA; PHOSPHATE; PROTEIN MAZF; PROTEIN PEMK; PROTEINCHPAK; RIBONUCLEASE; RIBONUCLEASE ENDOA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STRESS; YDCD GENE; YDCE GENE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OPERON; RNA, MESSENGER; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 19944417284     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04606.x     Document Type: Article

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