Detection of endogenous MazF enzymatic activity in Staphylococcus aureus

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 443, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 81-87

  Van Rensburg, Julia J ^a   Hergenrother, Paul J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Enzyme assay; Ribonuclease; Toxin antitoxin

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; TOXIC MATERIALS;

CLINICAL ISOLATES; ENDORIBONUCLEASE; ENZYMATIC ACTIVITIES; ENZYME ASSAYS; FLUOROMETRIC ASSAY; PHYSIOLOGICAL ROLES; RIBONUCLEASE; TOXIN-ANTITOXIN;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIAL ENZYME; MAZF ENZYME; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RIBONUCLEASE; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL LYSATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FLUOROMETRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOMETRY; RNA CLEAVAGE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ENZYME ASSAY; MAZF(SA); RIBONUCLEASE; TOXIN-ANTITOXIN;

ANTITOXINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; ENZYME ASSAYS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT DYES; FLUOROMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PHOSPHORUS RADIOISOTOPES; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84884945551     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: 10960309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2013.08.018     Document Type: Article

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