mazEF: A chromosomal toxin-antitoxin module that triggers programmed cell death in bacteria

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 118, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 4327-4332

  Engelberg Kulka, Hanna ^a   Hazan, Ronen ^a   Amitai, Shahar ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bacterial toxin antitoxins; Programmed cell death; Stressful conditions

Indexed keywords

ANTITOXIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; MESSENGER RNA; RIBONUCLEASE;

APOPTOSIS; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIOPHAGE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRESS;

APOPTOSIS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIOPHAGES; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 27644590965     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.02619     Document Type: Note

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