Understanding the insertion of transporters and other membrane proteins

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 435-442

  Dalbey, Ross E ^a   Chen, Minyong ^a   Jiang, Fenglei ^a   Samuelson, James C ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CHLOROPLAST; LIPID BILAYER; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TARGETING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0033937940     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(00)00113-7     Document Type: Review

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