One antitoxin-two functions: SR4 controls toxin mRNA decay and translation

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 41, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 9870-9880

  Jahn, Natalie ^a   Brantl, Sabine ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITOXIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; BSRG PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; SR4 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BSRG GENE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MRNA DECAY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA STABILITY; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSLATION; SR4 GENE; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA STABILITY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 84890103974     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt735     Document Type: Article

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