Membrane insertion of the F-pilin subunit is Sec independent but requires leader peptidase B and the proton motive force

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 3742-3747

  Majdalani, Nadim ^a,b   Ippen Ihler, Karin ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SIGNAL PEPTIDASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ACETYLATION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRACTIONATION; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTON MOTIVE FORCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029888601     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.13.3742-3747.1996     Document Type: Article

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