Quantitative export of a reporter protein, GFP, by the twin-arginine translocation pathway in Escherichia coli

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 304, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 279-284

  Barrett, Claire M L ^a   Ray, Nicola ^a   Thomas, Joanne D ^a   Robinson, Colin ^a   Bolhuis, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; GFP; Protein transport; Twin arginine translocase

Indexed keywords

ARABINOSE; ARGININE; CARRIER PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0037414423     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-291X(03)00583-7     Document Type: Article

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