Escherichia coli tatC Mutations that Suppress Defective Twin-Arginine Transporter Signal Peptides

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 374, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 283-291

  Strauch, Eva Maria ^a   Georgiou, George ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

flow cytometry; signal peptide recognition; suppressors; TatC; twin arginine translocase

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ARGININE; DIPEPTIDE; GENE PRODUCT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; LYSINE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROTEIN TATB; PROTEIN TATC; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRIMETHYLAMINE OXIDE REDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EPISTASIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TATC GENE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 35549001419     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.09.050     Document Type: Article

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