Functional assembly of the λ S holin requires periplasmic localization of its N-terminus

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 31-39

  Graschopf, Anton ^a   Bläsi, Udo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOPLASM; EFFECTOR CELL; HOST CELL; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE STABILIZATION; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIOPHAGES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; GENES, VIRAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; VIRAL PROTEINS;

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PHAGE PF3;

EID: 0344052661     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050736     Document Type: Article

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