MazF-induced growth inhibition and persister generation in escherichia coli

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 289, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 4191-4205

  Tripathi, Arti ^a   Dewan, Pooja C ^a   Siddique, Shahbaz A ^a   Varadarajan, Raghavan ^a,b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC TOLERANCE; ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIOSTASIS; CELL DEATH; INACTIVE, ACTIVE-SITE MUTANT; MUTANT; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TOXIN-ANTITOXIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENDOPEPTIDASE CLP; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PROTEASE LA; REC A RECOMBINASES; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84894127911     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M113.510511     Document Type: Article

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