Against the mainstream: The membrane-associated type I toxin BsrG from Bacillus subtilis interferes with cell envelope biosynthesis without increasing membrane permeability

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 651-666

  Jahn, Natalie ^a   Brantl, Sabine ^a   Strahl, Henrik ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL TOXIN; BSRG TOXIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MREB PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DIVISION; CELL LEVEL; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; CYTOSKELETON; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA REPLICATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; LIPID BILAYER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHAGE; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; BACILLUS PHAGE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIROLOGY;

BACILLUS PHAGES; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL WALL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PROPHAGES; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS;

EID: 84947038032     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13146     Document Type: Article

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