Protein transport by the bacterial Tat pathway

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Cell Research

Volumn 1843, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1620-1628

  Patel, Roshani ^a   Smith, Sarah M ^a   Robinson, Colin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Protein secretion; Secretory pathway; Signal peptide; Tat; Twin arginine

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CARRIER PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; TRANSLOCON;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHLOROPLAST; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE DUPLICATION; MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOMYCETACEAE; TWIN ARGININE TRANSLOCATION SYSTEM;

PROTEIN SECRETION; SECRETORY PATHWAY; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; TAT; TWIN ARGININE;

ARGININE; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84902267629     PISSN: 01674889     EISSN: 18792596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2014.02.013     Document Type: Review

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