Protein targeting by the twin-arginine translocation pathway

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 350-356

  Robinson, Colin ^a   Bolhuis, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; TWIN ARGININE TRANSLOCASE COMPLEX, E COLI; TWIN-ARGININE TRANSLOCASE COMPLEX, E COLI; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ARGININE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARRIER PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PLANT PROTEINS;

EID: 0035350689     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35073038     Document Type: Review

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