Comparative characterization of secA from the α-subclass purple bacterium Rhodobacter capsulatus and Escherichia coli reveals differences in membrane and precursor specificity

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 4003-4012

  Helde, Regina ^a   Wieseler, Beate ^a   Wachter, Elmar ^a   Neubüser, Annette ^b   Hoffschulte, Hedda K ^a   Hengelage, Thomas ^a   Schimz, Karl Ludwig ^c   Stuart, Rosemary A ^a   Müller, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0030926229     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.12.4003-4012.1997     Document Type: Article

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