Microcin J25 has dual and independent mechanisms of action in Escherichia coli: RNA polymerase inhibition and increased superoxide production

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 4180-4186

  Bellomio, Augusto ^a   Vincent, Paula A ^a   De Arcuri, Beatriz F ^a   Farias, Ricardo N ^a   Morero, Roberto D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^b Instituto Superior de Investigaciones Biologicas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXBB PROTEIN; FERRIC HYDROXAMATE UPTAKE PROTEIN COMPONENT A; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MICROCIN J25; OXYGEN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROTEIN EXBD; PROTEIN SBMA; PROTEIN TONB; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RNA POLYMERASE; SUPEROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG TARGETING; DRUG UPTAKE; ENZYME INHIBITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIOCINS; CATALASE; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENOTYPE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SUPEROXIDES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

EID: 34249791796     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00206-07     Document Type: Article

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