In vivo evidence of TonB shuttling between the cytoplasmic and outer membrane in Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 211-218

  Larsen, Ray A ^a,b   Letain, Tracy E ^a,c   Postle, Kathleen ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MALEIMIDE DERIVATIVE; OREGON GREEN 488 MALEIMIDE; PROTEIN TONB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; CROSS LINKING; CYTOPLASM; ENERGY TRANSFER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTON MOTIVE FORCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL MEMBRANE; ENERGY TRANSFER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0038385104     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03579.x     Document Type: Article

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