Characterization of escherichia coli dinJ-yafQ Toxin-Antitoxin system using insights from mutagenesis data

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1523-1532

  Armalyte, Julija ^a   JureNaite, Milda ^a   Beinoravičiute, Gina ^a   Teišerskas, Justinas ^a   Liene, Edita Sužiede ^a  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTITOXIN; DINJ YAFQ PROTEIN COMPLEX; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEOTIDE; RIBONUCLEASE; RIBOSOME RNA; TOXIN; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CODON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84857963742     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.06104-11     Document Type: Article

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