Cellular electron microscopy imaging reveals the localization of the hfq protein close to the bacterial membrane

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Diestra, Elia ^a   Cayrol, Bastien ^b,c   Arluison, Véronique ^b,c,d   Risco, Cristina ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c CEA SACLAY   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; METALLOTHIONEIN; PROTEIN HFQ; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; HFQ PROTEIN, E COLI; HOST FACTOR 1; HYBRID PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RNA PROCESSING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ANIMAL; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; ULTRAMICROTOMY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CRYOULTRAMICROTOMY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HOST FACTOR 1 PROTEIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; METALLOTHIONEIN; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 77949512479     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008301     Document Type: Article

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