The Tat pathway in bacteria and chloroplasts

Molecular Membrane Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 113-121

  Müller, Matthias ^a   Klösgen, Ralf Bernd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cytoplasmic membrane; Protein transport; Signal sequence; Thylakoid membrane; Twin arginine

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; PROTEIN TATA; PROTEIN TATB; PROTEIN TATC; PROTON; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TWIN ARGININE TRANSLOCATION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHLOROPLAST; COMPLEX FORMATION; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTIC CELL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTON TRANSPORT; REVIEW; THYLAKOID MEMBRANE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHLOROPLASTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

PROKARYOTA;

EID: 18844442890     PISSN: 09687688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687860500041809     Document Type: Review

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