Colicin import into Escherichia coli cells

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 4993-5002

  Lazdunski, Claude J ^a   Bouveret, Emmanuelle ^a   Rigal, Alain ^a   Journet, Laure ^a   Lloubès, Roland ^a   Bénédetti, Hélène ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; CELL RECEPTOR; COLICIN; ENTEROCHELIN; PORIN;

BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DIFFUSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031686596     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.19.4993-5002.1998     Document Type: Review

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