One signal is enough: Stepwise transport of two distinct passenger proteins by the Tat pathway across the thylakoid membrane

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 398, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 438-443

  Fan, Enguo ^a   Jakob, Mario ^a   Klösgen, Ralf Bernd ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Protein transport; Tandem substrate; Tat pathway; Thylakoid membrane; Translocation intermediate; Twin arginine translocation

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHLOROPLAST; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; THYLAKOID MEMBRANE;

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; THYLAKOIDS;

EID: 77955270269     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.06.095     Document Type: Article

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