Membrane-specific targeting of green fluorescent protein by the Tat pathway in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC6803

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1481-1489

  Spence, Edward ^a   Sarcina, Mary ^b   Ray, Nicola ^a   Møller, Simon Geir ^c   Mullineaux, Conrad W ^b   Robinson, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; PROTEIN TORA; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGOLD ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOLUBILITY; THYLAKOID;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CYANOBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; OXIDOREDUCTASES, N-DEMETHYLATING; PERIPLASM; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.;

EID: 0038236448     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03519.x     Document Type: Article

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