Archaeal signal peptides - A comparative survey at the genome level

Protein Science

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1833-1843

  Bardy, Sonia L ^a   Eichler, Jerry ^b   Jarrell, Ken F ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Archaea; Protein translocation; Secreted proteins; Signal peptide

Indexed keywords

SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; EUKARYOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TARGETING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEA; ARGININE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FLAGELLIN; GENOME, ARCHAEAL; LIPOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SOFTWARE;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0043013091     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.03148703     Document Type: Review

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