Genetic regulation of the yefM-yoeB toxin-antitoxin locus of Streptococcus pneumoniae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 4612-4625

  Chan, Wai Ting ^a,b   Nieto, Concha ^b   Harikrishna, Jennifer Ann ^a   Khoo, Seok Kooi ^c   Othman, Rofina Yasmin ^a   Espinosa, Manuel ^b   Yeo, Chew Chieng ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITI SULTAN ZAINAL ABIDIN   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITOXIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YEFM ANTITOXIN; YOEB TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEM; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA FOOTPRINTING; E BOX ELEMENT; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TOXIN ANTITOXIN SYSTEM; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; DNA FOOTPRINTING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 80052548515     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.05187-11     Document Type: Article

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