Localization of the Tat translocon components in Escherichia coli

FEBS Letters

Volumn 569, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 82-88

  Berthelmann, Felix ^a   Brüser, Thomas ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fusion protein; GFP, green fluorescent protein; Green fluorescent protein; Protein transport; Tat, twin arginine translocation; TatABC complex localization; TMAO, trimethylamine N oxide; Twin arginine translocation

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL POLARITY; CELL RESPIRATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE PRODUCTS, TAT; GENOTYPE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 3042589734     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2004.05.054     Document Type: Article

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