The twin-arginine translocation (Tat) protein export pathway

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 483-496

  Palmer, Tracy ^a   Berks, Ben C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE COFACTOR PROTEIN; METAL ION; PROTEIN; TATA PROTEIN; TATB PROTEIN; TATBC PROTEIN; TATC PROTEIN; TWIN ARGININE TRANSLOCATION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; AMPHIPATHIC HELIX; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSLOCATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYLAKOID; TRANSMEMBRANE HELIX;

CELL MEMBRANE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 84862501228     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: 17401534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro2814     Document Type: Review

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