Integration of SecA protein into the Escherichia coli inner membrane is regulated by its amino-terminal ATP-binding domain

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 43-51

  Rajapandi, Thavamani ^a,b   Oliver, Donald ^a  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MAPPING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN TRANSLOCATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CELL MEMBRANE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0029916906     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1996.tb02487.x     Document Type: Article

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