Interfering mutations provide in vivo evidence that Escherichia coli SecE functions in multimeric states

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 268, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 808-815

  Matsuo, E ^a,b   Mori, H ^a   Ito, K ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dominant negative mutation; Protein secretion; Protein translocation channel; SecE; SecY

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; PROTEIN SECE; SECY PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037361759     PISSN: 16174615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-003-0803-9     Document Type: Article

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