Contribution of proteomics toward solving the fascinating mysteries of the biogenesis of the envelope of Escherichia coli

Proteomics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 771-784

  Leverrier, Pauline ^a   Vertommen, Didier ^a   Collet, Jean François ^a  

^a DE DUVE INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

BamA; DsbA; DsbD; Microbiology; Skp; SurA

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; DEGP PROTEIN; DSBA PROTEIN; DSBB PROTEIN; DSBC PROTEIN; FKPA PROTEIN; LOLA PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PEPTIDYLPROLYL ISOMERASE; S PHASE KINASE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; SURA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BIOGENESIS; CATALYST; CYTOPLASM; DISULFIDE BOND; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW;

CELL WALL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEOMICS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 77149177335     PISSN: 16159853     EISSN: 16159861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200900461     Document Type: Review

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