Break on through to the other side - The Sec translocon

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 221-223

  Eichler, Jerry ^a   Duong, Franck ^b,c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE; TRANSLOCON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL MEMBRANE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; LIPID BILAYER; METHANOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RIBOSOME; SHORT SURVEY; SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; METHANOCOCCUS;

EID: 2342633273     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2004.03.001     Document Type: Short Survey

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