The bacterial Sec-translocase: Structure and mechanism

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 367, Issue 1592, 2012, Pages 1016-1028

  Lycklama a Nijeholt, Jelger A ^a   Driessen, Arnold J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Membrane protein insertion; Protein translocation; SecA; SecY; Translocon

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CYTOPLASM; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PROTEIN; SECRETION; TRANSLOCATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84858221348     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0201     Document Type: Review

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