Protein translation and cell death: The role of rare tRNAs in biofilm formation and in activating dormant phage killer genes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  García Contreras, Rodolfo ^a   Zhang, Xue Song ^a   Kim, Younghoon ^a   Wood, Thomas K ^a,b  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENDOPEPTIDASE CLP; ENDOPEPTIDASE CLPX; FIMBRIA A PROTEIN; FIMBRIA PROTEIN; HEMOLYSIN; HEMOLYSIN EXPRESSION MODULATING PROTEIN; INTEGRATION HOST FACTOR A; MICROORGANISM PROTEIN; PROTEIN ALPA; PROTEIN APPY; PROTEIN ARGU; PROTEIN ILEX; PROTEIN PROL; PROTEIN RZPD; PROTEIN YBAJ; PROTEIN YFJZ; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOFILM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DEATH; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FUNCTION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA TRANSLATION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ILEX;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOPHAGES; BIOFILMS; CODON; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, TRANSFER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 48749085459     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002394     Document Type: Article

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