Expression of the F plasmid ccd toxin-antitoxin system in Escherichia coli cells under nutritional stress

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 24-30

  Aguirre Ramírez, Marisela ^a   Ramírez Santos, Jesús ^a   Van Melderen, Laurence ^b   Gómez Eichelmann, M Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adaptive mutation; Ccd system; Nutritional stress

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DNA; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUTAGENESIS; NUTRITION; TOXIC MATERIALS;

ADAPTIVE MUTATION; CCD SYSTEM; NUTRITIONAL STRESS; PLASMID STABILITY;

CELLS;

ANTITOXIN; CCDA PROTEIN; CCDB PROTEIN; CDD PROTEIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); PROTEINASE; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; DNA; ENZYME; MUTATION; PLASMID; PROTEIN; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MUTATION; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; F PLASMID; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; STRESS; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CULTURE MEDIA; CYTOTOXINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; LAC OPERON; LACTOSE; MUTATION; SIGMA FACTOR;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33645758217     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w05-107     Document Type: Article

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