Hypothetical functions of toxin-antitoxin systems

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 6089-6092

  Magnuson, Roy David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITOXIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; MESSENGER RNA; RIBONUCLEASE;

ALLELE; APOPTOSIS; AUTOREGULATION; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM CULTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY;

EID: 34548488930     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00958-07     Document Type: Note

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