The chromosomal relBE2 toxin-antitoxin locus of Streptococcus pneumoniae: Characterization and use of a bioluminescence resonance energy transfer assay to detect toxin-antitoxin interaction

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1280-1296

  Nieto, Concha ^a   Pellicer, Teresa ^b   Balsa, Dolors ^b   Christensen, Suzanne K ^c   Gerdes, Kenn ^c   Espinosa, Manuel ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^b Laboratorios SALVAT   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITOXIN; RELB2SPN; RELE2SPN; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; CELL DEATH; CELL GROWTH; CHROMOSOME; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CASSETTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TOXIN ANTITOXIN LOCUS;

ANTITOXINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; ENERGY TRANSFER; GENES, BACTERIAL; LUCIFERASES; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 33645072739     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05027.x     Document Type: Article

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