sRNA antitoxins: More than one way to repress a toxin

Toxins

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2310-2335

  Wen, Jia ^a   Fozo, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Small peptide; Small RNA; Type I toxin antitoxin; Type III toxin antitoxin

Indexed keywords

ANTITOXIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; MESSENGER RNA; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; RESERPINE; TOXIN PROTEIN; TRANSFER RNA; TYPE I ANTITOXIN; TYPE III ANTITOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL RNA; BACTERIAL TOXIN;

CHROMOSOMAL STABILIZATION; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOMES AND CHROMOSOMAL PHENOMENA; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; REVIEW; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA STABILITY;

ANTITOXINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; RNA, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84926077871     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/toxins6082310     Document Type: Review

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