Folding of a bacterial outer membrane protein during passage through the periplasm

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 4295-4301

  Eppens, Elaine F ^a   Nouwen, Nico ^a   Tommassen, Jan ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

DsbA; Escherichia coli; Outer membrane; PhoE protein; Protein folding

Indexed keywords

DISULFIDE; ENZYME; MUTANT PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PORIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DISULFIDE BOND; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL MEMBRANE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYSTEINE; DISULFIDES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; ISOMERASES; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PORINS; PROTEIN DISULFIDE-ISOMERASE; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TRYPSIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030756034     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.14.4295     Document Type: Article

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