Translocation of proteins across the cell envelope of Gram-positive bacteria

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 437-454

  Van Wely, Karel H M ^a   Swaving, Jelto ^a   Freudl, Roland ^b   Driessen, Arnold J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacillus; Protein secretion; Translocase

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; DOCKING PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; SIGNAL RECOGNITION PARTICLE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; CYTOSOL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL WALL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SIGNAL RECOGNITION PARTICLE;

EID: 0034891203     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6445(01)00062-6     Document Type: Review

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