Txe, an endoribonuclease of the enterococcal Axe-Txe toxin-antitoxin system, cleaves mRNA and inhibits protein synthesis

Microbiology

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 387-397

  Halvorsen, Elizabeth M ^a   Williams, Julia J ^a   Bhimani, Azra J ^a   Billings, Emily A ^a   Hergenrother, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITOXIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; MESSENGER RNA; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEASE; TXE TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL FREE SYSTEM; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA SYNTHESIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; OPERON; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 79951469344     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.045492-0     Document Type: Article

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