Coupled structure change of SecA and SEcG revealed by the synthetic lethality of the secAcsR11 and ΔsecG::kan double mutant

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 331-341

  Suzuki, Hirofumi ^a   Nishiyama, Ken Ichi ^a   Tokuda, Hajlme ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; PROTEIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SECA PROTEIN, BACTERIA; SECG PROTEIN, E COLI;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENE TRANSLOCATION; LETHALITY; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; BINDING SITE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PRECURSORS;

EID: 0031596299     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00937.x     Document Type: Article

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