Translocation of proteins through the Sec61 and SecYEG channels

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 501-507

  Mandon, Elisabet C ^a   Trueman, Steven F ^a   Gilmore, Reid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; TRANSLOCON;

BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW;

CELL MEMBRANE; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; METHANOCOCCUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MUTATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; THERMUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 67949124778     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2009.04.010     Document Type: Review

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