Enteric virulence associated protein VapC inhibits translation by cleavage of initiator tRNA

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 7403-7407

  Winther, Kristoffer S ^a   Gerdes, Kenn ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Riboendonuclease; RNase; Toxin antitoxin; tRNA; tRNase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN VAPC; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTICODON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CATALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RNA TRANSLATION; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LUCIFERASES; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; PLASMIDS; RNA, TRANSFER, MET; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 79956328889     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1019587108     Document Type: Article

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