ParD toxin-antitoxin system of plasmid R1 - Basic contributions, biotechnological applications and relationships with closely-related toxin-antitoxin systems

FEBS Journal

Volumn 277, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 3097-3117

  Diago Navarro, Elizabeth ^a   Hernandez Arriaga, Ana M ^a   López Villarejo, Juan ^a   Muñoz Gómez, Ana J ^a   Kamphuis, Monique B ^b   Boelens, Rolf ^b   Lemonnier, Marc ^c   Díaz Orejas, Ramón ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ANTABIO SAS   (France)

Author keywords

bacterial RNases; gene regulation; Kid toxin and Kis antitoxin; parD operon; plasmid maintenance; plasmid R1; toxin antitoxin systems; translation inhibition

Indexed keywords

ANTITOXIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; KID TOXIN; KIS TOXIN; PROTEIN PARD; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; R PLASMID; REVIEW; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TOXIN STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTITOXINS; CHROMOSOMES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; PLASMIDS; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 77954694584     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2010.07722.x     Document Type: Review

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