Topology of the Bacillus subtilis SpoIISA protein and its role in toxin-antitoxin function

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 358, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 180-187

  Makroczyová, Jana ^a   Rešetárová, Stanislava ^a,b   Florek, Patrik ^a   Barák, Imrich ^a  

^a Institute of Molecular Biology Slovak Academy of Sciences   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Protein topology; Toxin antitoxin system

Indexed keywords

ANTITOXIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN SPOIISA; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL TOXIN; SPORE-SPECIFIC PROTEINS, BACILLUS;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; LETTER; MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TOXICITY; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

BACILLI (CLASS); BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 84927788562     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6968.12531     Document Type: Letter

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