The bacterial translocase: A dynamic protein channel complex

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2034-2052

  De Keyzer, J ^a   Van Der Does, C ^a,b   Driessen, A J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

E. coli; Preprotein; SecA; SecDFYajC; SecYEG; SRP; Translocation

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CARRIER PROTEIN; CHAPERONE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MALTOSE BINDING PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; PROTEIN SECA; PROTEIN SECB; PROTEIN SECYEG; SECRETORY PROTEIN; SIGNAL RECOGNITION PARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BETA SHEET; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TARGETING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTON MOTIVE FORCE; REVIEW; RNA TRANSLATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0242320522     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-003-3006-y     Document Type: Review

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