Coupling between the basic replicon and the kis-kid maintenance system of plasmid R1: Modulation by kis antitoxin levels and involvement in control of plasmid replication

Toxins

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 478-492

  López Villarejo, Juan ^a   Lobato Márquez, Damián ^a   Díaz Orejas, Ramón ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

ClpAP protease; CopB repressor; Coupling plasmid maintenance systems; Kis antitoxin; ParD (kis kid) antitoxin toxin system; Plasmid R1; Plasmid replication and copy number control; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

ANTITOXIN; COPB PROTEIN; KID TOXIN; KIS ANTITOXIN; MESSENGER RNA; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA HELICASE; KID PROTEIN, BACTERIA; KIS PROTEIN, BACTERIA; PARD PROTEIN, PLASMID R1; REPLICATION INITIATOR PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DOSAGE; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; R1 PLASMID; REPLICON; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; R FACTOR;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA COPY NUMBER VARIATIONS; DNA HELICASES; DNA REPLICATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; R FACTORS; REPLICATION ORIGIN; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 84923205126     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/toxins7020478     Document Type: Article

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