Protein secretion in bacteria
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Joseph M. Gennity; Masayori Inouye
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Article
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1991
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Elsevier Science
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English
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Most secretory proteins are synthesized as precursors with an amino-terminal signal peptide. Genetic identification of proteins essential for signal peptide dependent translocation to the Escherichia coli periplasm has led to the biochemical dissection of the secretion pathway. Additional mechanisms