In vitro studies with purified components reveal signal recognition particle (SRP) and SecA/SecB as constituents of two independent protein- targeting pathways of Escherichia coli

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2163-2173

  Koch, Hans Georg ^a   Hengelage, Thomas ^a   Neumann Haefelin, Christoph ^a   MacFarlane, Juan ^a   Hoffschulte, Hedda K ^a   Schimz, Karl Ludwig ^b   Mechler, Bernd ^a   Müller, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SECRETORY PROTEIN; SIGNAL RECOGNITION PARTICLE; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CHANNEL GATING; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VITRO STUDY; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RNA ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032816265     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.10.7.2163     Document Type: Article

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