Protein folding in the cell envelope of Escherichia coli

Nature Microbiology

Volumn 1, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  De Geyter, Jozefien ^a   Tsirigotaki, Alexandra ^a   Orfanoudaki, Georgia ^b   Zorzini, Valentina ^a   Economou, Anastassios ^a,b   Karamanou, Spyridoula ^a  

^a REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL WALL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLISM; PROTEIN FOLDING;

CELL MEMBRANE; CELL WALL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; PROTEIN FOLDING;

EID: 84991211421     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20585276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.107     Document Type: Article

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