Transcriptional and proteolytic regulation of the toxin- Antitoxin locus vapBC10 (ssr2962/slr1767) on the chromosome of synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Ning, Degang ^a   Liu, Shuibing ^a   Xu, Weidong ^a   Zhuang, Qiang ^a   Wen, Chongwei ^a   Tang, Xiaoxia ^a  

^a JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITOXIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; PROTEIN CLPXP; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN ANTITOXIN SYSTEM; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GROWTH INHIBITION; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNECHOCYSTIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION; VAPBC10 GENE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE ORDER; GENETIC LOCI; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEOLYSIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84896691925     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080716     Document Type: Article

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