Structural biology of tat protein transport

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 32-37

  Berks, Ben C ^a   Lea, Susan M ^b   Stansfeld, Phillip J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TATA PROTEIN; TATC PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN TATA; PROTEIN TATC; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHLOROPLAST; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THYLAKOID; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM;

GENE PRODUCTS, TAT; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 84897492556     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: 1879033X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2014.03.003     Document Type: Review

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