Type II toxin: antitoxin systems. More than small selfish entities?

Current Genetics

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 287-290

  Rocker, Andrea ^a   Meinhart, Anton ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Elongated toxin; Fusion; Multi domain protein; Toxin antitoxin system

Indexed keywords

ANTITOXIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MULTI DOMAIN PROTEIN; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BIOINFORMATICS; COVALENT BOND; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LOCUS; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TYPE II TOXIN ANTITOXIN SYSTEM; ANIMAL; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; ANTITOXINS; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84947931596     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: 14320983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00294-015-0541-7     Document Type: Review

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