Has the code for protein translocation been broken?

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 192-196

  Shental Bechor, Dalit ^a   Fleishman, Sarel J ^a   Ben Tal, Nir ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARRIER PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TRANSLOCON;

ARTICLE; ENERGY TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; GENETIC CODE; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SIGNAL RECOGNITION PARTICLE;

EID: 33645984562     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2006.02.002     Document Type: Article

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