Cotranslational protein integration into the ER membrane is mediated by the binding of nascent chains to translocon proteins

Molecular Cell

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 329-341

  McCormick, Peter J ^a   Miao, Yiwei ^b   Shao, Yuanlong ^b   Lin, Jialing ^c   Johnson, Arthur E ^a,b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS LINKING; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID BILAYER; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECRETION;

EID: 0141992130     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(03)00304-6     Document Type: Article

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