Molecular architecture of the ER translocase probed by chemical crosslinking of Sss1p to complementary fragments of Sec61p

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 4549-4559

  Wilkinson, Barrie M ^a   Esnault, Yann ^b   Craven, Rachel A ^a   Skiba, Fabien ^b   Fieschi, Jacques ^b   Képès, François ^b   Stirling, Colin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b DIF   (France)

Author keywords

Chemical crosslinking; ER; Protein translocation; Sec61p complex; Sss1p

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DNA PRIMERS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

EID: 0030812436     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.15.4549     Document Type: Article

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