The general protein secretory pathway: Phylogenetic analyses leading to evolutionary conclusions

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1609, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 115-125

  Cao, Thien B ^a   Saier Jr , Milton H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ffh; FtsY; General secretory pathway; Membrane insertion; Protein secretion; SecYEG; SRP

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DOCKING PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SECRETORY PROTEIN;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARALOGY; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN SECRETION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; INSERTION SEQUENCES; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0037427963     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-2736(02)00662-4     Document Type: Article

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