Expression level of heterologous tat genes is crucial for in vivo reconstitution of a functional Tat translocase in Escherichia coli

Biochimie

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 676-685

  Xiong, Yanwen ^a   Santini, Claire Lise ^a   Kan, Biao ^b   Xu, Jianguo ^b   Filloux, Alain ^c   Wu, Long Fei ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Expression level; Magnetospirillum magneticum; Species specificity; Tat translocase; Vibrio cholerae

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN A; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN B; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN C; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN E; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN TRANSLOCASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VIVO STUDY; MAGNETOSPIRILLUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAGNETOSPIRILLUM; MAGNETOSPIRILLUM MAGNETICUM; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI 2A STR. 301; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 34247577528     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: 61831638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2007.01.006     Document Type: Article

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