BtoxDB: A comprehensive database of protein structural data on toxin-antitoxin systems

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue , 2015, Pages 146-153

  Barbosa, Luiz Carlos Bertucci ^a   Garrido, Saulo Santesso ^b   Marchetto, Reinaldo ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO TOCANTINS   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alternative antimicrobials; Drug targets; Persistence; Structural database; Toxin antitoxin (TA) systems

Indexed keywords

PROTEINS;

ALTERNATIVE ANTIMICROBIALS; DRUG TARGETS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PERSISTENCE; PHP SCRIPTING LANGUAGE; RELATIONAL DATABASE; STRUCTURAL DATABASE; STRUCTURAL INFORMATION;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTITOXIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; TOXIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DATA BASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; PROTEIN DATABASE;

PROKARYOTA;

ANTITOXINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; DATABASES, PROTEIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84922057098     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: 18790534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2015.01.010     Document Type: Article

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