The relBE2Spn toxin-antitoxin system of streptococcus pneumoniae: Role in antibiotic tolerance and functional conservation in clinical isolates

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Nieto, Concha ^a   Sadowy, Ewa ^b   de la Campa, Adela G ^c   Hryniewicz, Waleria ^b   Espinosa, Manuel ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL MEDICINES INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTITOXIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CARBON; ERYTHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG TOLERANCE; GENE LOCUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STRESS; TOXIN ANTITOXIN SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; OPERON; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTITOXINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; MUTATION; OPERON; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 77955301505     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011289     Document Type: Article

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