Novel Escherichia coli RF1 mutants with decreased translation termination activity and increased sensitivity to the cytotoxic effect of the bacterial toxins Kid and RelE

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 66-78

  Diago Navarro, Elizabeth ^a   Mora, Liliana ^b   Buckingham, Richard H ^b   Díaz Orejas, Ramón ^a   Lemonnier, Marc ^a,c  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c ANTABIO SAS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; PROTEIN PRFA; PROTEIN RF 1; TOXIN KID; TOXIN RELE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CODON; CYTOTOXICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; IN VIVO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; RNA CLEAVAGE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; CODON, TERMINATOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MUTAGENESIS; PEPTIDE CHAIN TERMINATION, TRANSLATIONAL; PEPTIDE TERMINATION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 58149107443     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06510.x     Document Type: Article

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