Electron microscopic visualization of asymmetric precursor translocation intermediates: SecA functions as a dimer

Science China Life Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1049-1056

  Tang, Ying ^a   Pan, Xi Jiang ^a   Tai, Phang C ^b   Sui, Sen Fang ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

electron microscopy; SecA; SecYEG; single particle analysis

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; PROTEOLIPID; PROTEOLIPOSOMES; SECA PROTEIN, BACTERIA; SECYEG PROTEIN, E COLI;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIMERIZATION; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEOLIPIDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 78649543432     PISSN: 16747305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11427-010-4061-x     Document Type: Article

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