A vapbc toxin-antitoxin module is a posttranscriptional regulator of metabolic flux in mycobacteria

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2189-2204

  McKenzie, Joanna L ^a   Robson, Jennifer ^b   Berney, Michael ^b   Smith, Tony C ^a   Ruthe, Alaine ^a   Gardner, Paul P ^c   Arcus, Vickery L ^a   Cook, Gregory M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITOXIN; GLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA EXTRACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION;

ANTITOXINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARBON; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE SILENCING; GLYCEROL; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; PROTEIN ARRAY ANALYSIS; RNA, MESSENGER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS;

EID: 84861210848     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.06790-11     Document Type: Article

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