Regulation of the vapBC-1 Toxin-antitoxin locus in Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Cline, Susan D ^a   Saleem, Sehresh ^a,b   Daines, Dayle A ^a  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITOXIN; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VAPBC 1 TOXIN; VAPC 1 TOXIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX; PRIMER DNA; VAPB PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOSTASIS; BASE PAIRING; COMMENSAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GROWTH DISORDER; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VAP GENE; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS REPLICATION; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE;

ANTITOXINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84858128637     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032199     Document Type: Article

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