Toxin YafQ increases persister cell formation by reducing indole signalling

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1275-1285

  Hu, Ying ^a   Kwan, Brian W ^a   Osbourne, Devon O ^a   Benedik, Michael J ^c   Wood, Thomas K ^a,b  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANTITOXIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; INDOLE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; MESSENGER RNA; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR KATF PROTEIN, BACTERIA; TRYPTOPHAN; TRYPTOPHANASE; YAFQ PROTEIN, E COLI;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANTITOXINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; INDOLES; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRYPTOPHAN; TRYPTOPHANASE;

EID: 84926289820     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12567     Document Type: Article

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