Characterization of a MazEF toxin-antitoxin homologue from Staphylococcus equorum

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 115-125

  Schuster, Christopher F ^a   Park, Jung Ho ^b,c   Prax, Marcel ^a   Herbig, Alexander ^a   Nieselt, Kay ^a   Rosenstein, Ralf ^a   Inouye, Masayori ^b   Bertrama, Ralph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITOXIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MAZEF TOXIN ANTITOXIN; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EQUORUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTITOXINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EQUORUM;

EID: 84872012787     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00400-12     Document Type: Article

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