Discovery of Functional Toxin/Antitoxin Systems in Bacteria by Shotgun Cloning

Molecular Cell

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 136-148

  Sberro, Hila ^a   Leavitt, Azita ^a   Kiro, Ruth ^b   Koh, Eugene ^a   Peleg, Yoav ^a   Qimron, Udi ^b   Sorek, Rotem ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITOXIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN;

ANTITOXINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TIME FACTORS; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84876095374     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: 10974164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2013.02.002     Document Type: Article

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