Ultrastructural characterisation of Bacillus subtilis TatA complexes suggests they are too small to form homooligomeric translocation pores

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Cell Research

Volumn 1833, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1811-1819

  Beck, Daniel ^a   Vasisht, Nishi ^a   Baglieri, Jacopo ^a   Monteferrante, Carmine G ^b   van Dijl, Jan Maarten ^b   Robinson, Colin ^a   Smith, Corinne J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Gram positive bacteria; Protein transport; Single particle image processing; Tat translocation

Indexed keywords

TATA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL HETEROGENEITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NATIVE POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PROTEIN FOLDING;

EID: 84877830628     PISSN: 01674889     EISSN: 18792596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2013.03.028     Document Type: Article

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