Molecular function of the dual-start motif in the λ S holin

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 569-582

  Graschopf, Anton ^a   Bläsi, Udo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; LYSINE; METHIONINE; POLYPEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FUNCTION; LYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CAPSID; CAPSID PROTEINS; CARBONYL CYANIDE M-CHLOROPHENYL HYDRAZONE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KINETICS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PERIPLASM; PERMEABILITY; POTASSIUM CYANIDE; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; VIRAL PROTEINS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; TRIXIS;

EID: 0032767883     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01501.x     Document Type: Article

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