Prokaryotic utilization of the twin-arginine translocation pathway: A genomic survey

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1478-1483

  Dilks, Kieran ^a   Rose, R Wesley ^a   Hartmann, Enno ^b   Pohlschröder, Mechthild ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINO ACID; ARGININE; PHOSPHOLIPASE C;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOME; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECRETION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENOME, ARCHAEAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SOFTWARE;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0037317124     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.4.1478-1483.2003     Document Type: Article

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