In vivo assessment of the Tat signal peptide specificity in Escherichia coli

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 178, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 548-553

  Ize, Bérengère ^a,b   Gérard, Fabien ^a   Wu, Long Fei ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hydrophobicity; Sec machinery; Signal peptide; Tat system; Twin arginine motif

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COLICIN; COLICIN V; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN SEC; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PHOTOPROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROPHOBICITY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN TARGETING; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HYDROPHOBICITY; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036431451     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-002-0488-1     Document Type: Article

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