Competition between functional signal peptides demonstrates variation in affinity for the secretion pathway

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 6658-6664

  Chen, Huanfeng ^a,b   Kim, Jinoh ^a   Kendall, Debra A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; CHAPERONIN; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029830550     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.23.6658-6664.1996     Document Type: Article

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