Regulating colicin synthesis to cope with stress and lethality of colicin production

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1507-1511

  Žgur Bertok, Darja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Cell lysis; Colicin; Expression lag; Immunity; LexA; SOS response

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; COLICIN; CYCLIC AMP; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; LEXA PROTEIN; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; SOS PROTEIN; TRANSFER RNA;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING SITE; CELL DEATH; CELL STRESS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOLYSIS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LETHALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATOR GENE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SHIGELLA SONNEI;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COLICINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPERON; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SOS RESPONSE (GENETICS); STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84870224789     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST20120184     Document Type: Conference Paper

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