Is there a twist in the Escherichia coli signal recognition particle pathway?

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-6

  Bibi, Eitan ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTEGRAL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SIGNAL RECOGNITION PARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOGENESIS; CODON; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; RNA TRANSLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; RIBOSOMES; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL RECOGNITION PARTICLE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84855572511     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2011.09.004     Document Type: Review

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