The Type I toxin-antitoxin par locus from Enterococcus faecalis plasmid pAD1: RNA regulation by both cis- and trans-acting elements

Plasmid

Volumn 78, Issue , 2015, Pages 65-70

  Weaver, Keith E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antisense RNA; Plasmid stability; Post segregational killing; SRNA; Toxin antitoxin system

Indexed keywords

ANTITOXIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; COMPLEMENTARY RNA;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; RNA STABILITY;

ANTITOXINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE SEQUENCE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; RNA STABILITY; RNA, ANTISENSE;

EID: 84939960185     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: 10959890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2014.10.001     Document Type: Article

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