Translocon "Pulling" of Nascent SecM Controls the Duration of Its Translational Pause and Secretion-Responsive secA Regulation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 6719-6722

  Butkus, Martha E ^a   Prundeanu, Lucia B ^a   Oliver, Donald B ^a  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN SECA; PROTEIN SECM; SECRETORY PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0242407458     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.22.6719-6722.2003     Document Type: Article

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