Length control of extended protein structures in bacteria and bacteriophages

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 201-206

  Cornelis, Guy R ^a   Agrain, Céline ^a   Sorg, Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOPHAGES; FLAGELLA; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRAL TAIL PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33645854351     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2006.01.002     Document Type: Review

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