Defective translocation of a signal sequence mutant in a prlA4 suppressor strain of Escherichia coli

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 269, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 5572-5580

  Adams, Hendrik ^a   Scotti, Pier A ^b,c   Luirink, Joen ^b   Tommassen, Jan ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUT EUROPÉEN DE CHIMIE ET BIOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

Inner membrane; prlA4; Protein insertion; Protein translocation; Sec translocon

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL MEMBRANE; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CROSS LINKING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INSERTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCUS; IN VITRO STUDY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; ENDOPEPTIDASE K; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GLYCINE; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; LEUCINE; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; INSERTION SEQUENCES; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036441527     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2002.03263.x     Document Type: Article

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