Two paralogous yefM-yoeB loci from Staphylococcus equorum encode functional toxin-antitoxin systems

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 159, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1575-1585

  Nolle, Nicoletta ^a,b   Schuster, Christopher F ^a   Bertram, Ralph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITOXIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YEFM PROTEIN; YOEB PROTEIN;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LOCUS; GROWTH; GROWTH INHIBITION; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA CLEAVAGE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EQUORUM; START CODON; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; RIBONUCLEASES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84881250387     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: 14652080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.068049-0     Document Type: Article

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