VapC20 of mycobacterium tuberculosis cleaves the sarcin-ricin loop of 23S rRNA

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Winther, Kristoffer S ^a   Brodersen, Ditlev E ^b   Brown, Alistair K ^c   Gerdes, Kenn ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITOXIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; RICIN; RNA 23S; SARCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VAPC20 TOXIN;

BACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; INHIBITION; MUTATION; PATHOGEN; RNA; SUGAR; TOXIN; TUBERCULOSIS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA TRANSLATION; SARCIN RICIN LOOP;

EUKARYOTA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RICIN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84889590870     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3796     Document Type: Article

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