Crystal structure of the DNA-bound VapBC2 antitoxin/toxin pair from Rickettsia felis

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 3245-3258

  Maté, María J ^a,b   Vincentelli, Renaud ^a,b   Foos, Nicolas ^a,b   Raoult, Didier ^c   Cambillau, Christian ^a,b   Ortiz Lombardía, Miguel ^a,b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITOXIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VAPC2 ANTITOXIN; VAPC2 TOXIN;

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA CONFORMATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOST CELL; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RICKETTSIA FELIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA, BACTERIAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RICKETTSIA FELIS;

EID: 84860196578     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr1167     Document Type: Article

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