Regulation of growth and death in Escherichia coli by toxin-antitoxin systems

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 779-790

  Yamaguchi, Yoshihiro ^a   Inouye, Masayori ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANTITOXIN; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; HYDROXYUREA; ISOLEUCINE; MESSENGER RNA; MITOMYCIN C; RIFAMPICIN; SERINE;

AMINO ACID DEFICIENCY; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOFILM; CELL DEATH; CELL GROWTH; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; RNA INTERFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12;

EID: 80054759036     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: 17401534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro2651     Document Type: Review

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