A Common Origin for the Bacterial Toxin-Antitoxin Systems parD and ccd, Suggested by Analyses of Toxin/Target and Toxin/Antitoxin Interactions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Smith, Andrew B ^a,d   López Villarejo, Juan ^b   Diago Navarro, Elizabeth ^b   Mitchenall, Lesley A ^a   Barendregt, Arjan ^c   Heck, Albert J ^c   Lemonnier, Marc ^b,e   Maxwell, Anthony ^a   Díaz Orejas, Ramón ^b  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Prn   (United Kingdom)

^e ANTABIO SAS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITOXIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CCD TOXIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); PARD TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA SUPERCOILING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; OPERATOR GENE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA DEGRADATION; STOICHIOMETRY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA, CIRCULAR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENZYME STABILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; LUCIFERASES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84867017294     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046499     Document Type: Article

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