The vapBC Operon from Mycobacterium smegmatis Is An Autoregulated Toxin-Antitoxin Module That Controls Growth via Inhibition of Translation

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 390, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 353-367

  Robson, Jennifer ^a   McKenzie, Joanna L ^b   Cursons, Ray ^b   Cook, Gregory M ^a   Arcus, Vickery L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

growth regulation; mycobacteria; RNase; toxin antitoxin; translation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN VAPB; PROTEIN VAPBC; PROTEIN VAPC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; TRANSLATION REGULATION; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS;

EID: 67449100648     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.05.006     Document Type: Article

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