Membrane assembly of the Escherichia coli outer membrane protein OmpA: Exploring sequence constraints on transmembrane β-strands

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 285, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1801-1810

  Koebnik, Ralf ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INST FÜR BIOLOGIE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Membrane assembly; Membrane topology; OmpA protein; Outer membrane protein; Protein folding

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROLINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID BILAYER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033613822     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2405     Document Type: Article

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