Functional reconstitution of bacterial Tat translocation in vitro

EMBO Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 2472-2479

  Yahr, Timothy L ^a   Wickner, William T ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Membrane proteins; Tat translocase; TatABCE

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN TARGETING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARRIER PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS;

EID: 0035873543     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/20.10.2472     Document Type: Article

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