Reexamination of the role of the amino terminus of SecA in promoting its dimerization and functional state

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 7302-7307

  Das, Sanchaita ^a   Stivison, Elizabeth ^a   Folta Stogniew, Ewa ^b   Oliver, Donald ^a  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; DIMER; MONOMER; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN SECA;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL GROWTH; DIMERIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL PROTEOMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 55749113726     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00593-08     Document Type: Article

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