Escherichia coli translocase: The unravelling of a molecular machine

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 226-238

  Manting, Erik H ^a   Driessen, Arnold J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CARRIER PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTON MOTIVE FORCE; REVIEW;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 0033943049     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01980.x     Document Type: Review

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