The Tol proteins of Escherichia coli and their involvement in the uptake of biomolecules and outer membrane stability

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 191-197

  Lazzaroni, Jean Claude ^a   Germon, Pierre ^a   Ray, Marie Céline ^a   Vianney, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Outer membrane stability; Pal; Periplasm; TolA; TolB; TolQ; TolR; Uptake of macromolecule

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE DNA; COLICIN; ENVELOPE PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

CELL MEMBRANE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEMBRANE STABILIZATION; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032774018     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00293-1     Document Type: Article

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