MazEF-mediated programmed cell death in bacteria: "What is this?"

Critical Reviews in Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 89-100

  Ramisetty, Bhaskar Chandra Mohan ^a   Natarajan, Bhargavi ^a,b   Santhosh, Ramachandran Sarojini ^a  

^a SASTRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Bacterial stress physiology; Escherichia coli; Extra cellular death factor; Persistence; Toxin antitoxin systems

Indexed keywords

ANTITOXIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EDF PROTEIN; GUANOSINE; GUANOSINE 3,5 BISPYROPHOSPHATE; MAZEF PROTEIN; MAZG PROTEIN; PROTEINASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; MAZE PROTEIN, E COLI; MAZF PROTEIN, E COLI; RIBONUCLEASE;

AMIDATION; APOPTOSIS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL DENSITY; CELL STRESS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DNA DAMAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; RNA CLEAVAGE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; CELL DEATH; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA;

BACTERIAL PROCESSES; CELL DEATH; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84921712495     PISSN: 1040841X     EISSN: 15497828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/1040841X.2013.804030     Document Type: Review

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