Expression of the Streptococcus pneumoniae yoeB Chromosomal toxin gene causes Cell Death in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana

BMC Biotechnology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Bakar, Fauziah Abu ^a   Yeo, Chew Chieng ^b   Harikrishna, Jennifer Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI SULTAN ZAINAL ABIDIN   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

17 estradiol; Arabidopsis thaliana; Bacteria; Expression; Toxin Antitoxin system

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CELL DEATH; CELLS; CHROMOSOMES; CYTOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEINS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIAL STRESS RESPONSE; EXPRESSION; FLUORESCENT CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIUM; PLANT EXPRESSION SYSTEMS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TOXIN-ANTITOXIN SYSTEM;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ANTITOXIN; ESTRADIOL; HYBRID PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CHROMOSOMAL TOXIN GENE; CHROMOSOME; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENT CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENE LOCUS; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLASMID; PROGENY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; ARABIDOPSIS; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROMOTER REGION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CELL SURVIVAL; ESTRADIOL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84929157935     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12896-015-0138-8     Document Type: Article

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