Protein targeting by the bacterial twin-arginine translocation (Tat) pathway

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 174-181

  Berks, Ben C ^a   Palmer, Tracy ^b,c   Sargent, Frank ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE;

CELL MEMBRANE; CELL WALL; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENE TRANSLOCATION; NONHUMAN; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN TARGETING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 15744405122     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2005.02.010     Document Type: Review

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