SRNAs in bacterial type I and type III toxin-antitoxin systems

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 413-427

  Brantl, Sabine ^a   Jahn, Natalie ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antisense RNA; RNA antitoxin; Small regulatory RNA; Target RNA interaction; Toxic peptide; Toxin antitoxin system; Type I and type III TA systems

Indexed keywords

ANTITOXIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; MESSENGER RNA; RIBONUCLEASE; TRANSFER RNA; TYPE I ANTITOXIN; TYPE I TOXIN; TYPE III ANTITOXIN; TYPE III TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL RNA; SMALL UNTRANSLATED RNA;

BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BASE PAIRING; CHROMOSOME; COMPLEX FORMATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; RNA DEGRADATION; STRESS; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIUM; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ANTITOXINS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, SMALL UNTRANSLATED;

EID: 84942760517     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: 15746976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/femsre/fuv003     Document Type: Review

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