The mazEF toxin–antitoxin system as an attractive target in clinical isolates of Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis

Drug Design, Development and Therapy

Volumn 9, Issue , 2015, Pages 2553-2561

  Soheili, Sara ^a   Ghafourian, Sobhan ^b   Sekawi, Zamberi ^a   Neela, Vasantha Kumari ^a   Sadeghifard, Nourkhoda ^b   Taherikalani, Morovat ^b   Khosravi, Afra ^b   Ramli, Ramliza ^c   Hamat, Rukman Awang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b ILAM UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA MEDICAL CENTER   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Enterococcus faecalis; Enterococcus faecium; Peptide nucleic acids; Toxin antitoxin system; Virulence genes

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACID; ANTITOXIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFAAFM GENE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FMS8 GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; HIGBA GENE; MAZEF GENE; NONHUMAN; PILB GENE; PLASMID; SGRA GENE; STRESS; TOXIN ANTITOXIN SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATHOGENICITY;

ANTITOXINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; PLASMIDS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84929222687     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11778881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/DDDT.S77263     Document Type: Article

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