Control of SecA and SecM translation by protein secretion

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 145-150

  Nakatogawa, Hitoshi ^a   Murakami, Akiko ^a   Ito, Koreaki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Peptidyl transferase center; PTC; S D; Shine Dalgarno; Signal recognition particle; SRP; TAO; Troleandomycin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN SEC A; PROTEIN SEC M; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 1842506046     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2004.01.001     Document Type: Review

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