Identification and characterization of a novel toxin-antitoxin module from Bacillus anthracis

FEBS Letters

Volumn 581, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1727-1734

  Agarwal, Shivangi ^a   Agarwal, Shivani ^a   Bhatnagar, Rakesh ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Addiction module; Bacillus anthracis; Plasmid inheritance; Post segregational killing; Toxin antitoxin locus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN PEMI; PROTEIN PEMK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIOSTASIS; BETA SHEET; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DENATURATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

ANTITOXINS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA REPLICATION; ELECTROPORATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; OPERON; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 34247101571     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2007.03.051     Document Type: Article

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