A regulatory role for Staphylococcus aureus toxin-antitoxin system PemIK Sa

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Bukowski, Michal ^a   Lyzen, Robert ^b   Helbin, Weronika M ^a   Bonar, Emilia ^a   Szalewska Palasz, Agnieszka ^b   Wegrzyn, Grzegorz ^b   Dubin, Grzegorz ^a   Dubin, Adam ^a   Wladyka, Benedykt ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITOXIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY; BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; GENE EXPRESSION; PLASMID; TOXIN; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; RNA TRANSLATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTITOXINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOMEOSTASIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLASMIDS; RIBONUCLEASES; RNA STABILITY; RNA, MESSENGER; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTOME;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84879675482     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3012     Document Type: Article

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