The Tat protein export pathway

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 260-274

  Berks, Ben C ^a   Sargent, Frank ^a   Palmer, Tracy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

CELL MEMBRANE; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS;

EID: 0033967631     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01719.x     Document Type: Review

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