Growth-regulating Mycobacterium tuberculosis VapC-mt4 toxin is an isoacceptor-specific tRNase

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Cruz, Jonathan W ^a   Sharp, Jared D ^b   Hoffer, Eric D ^c   Maehigashi, Tatsuya ^c   Vvedenskaya, Irina O ^d,e   Konkimalla, Arvind ^a   Husson, Robert N ^b   Nickels, Bryce E ^d,e,f   Dunham, Christine M ^c   Woychik, Nancy A ^a,f  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f RUTGERS CANCER INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; RIBONUCLEASE; RNA 23S; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN C MT4 TOXIN; ANTICODON; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; RV0595C PROTEIN, MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; GROWTH RESPONSE; TOXIN; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANTICODON; ARTICLE; GROWTH REGULATION; HOST RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR DOCKING; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

ANTICODON; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR DOCKING SIMULATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; RNA, TRANSFER; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84953871041     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8480     Document Type: Article

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