Protein export in Escherichia coli
β Scribed by Kit Johnson; Chris K. Murphy; Jon Beckwith
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 576 KB
- Volume
- 3
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0958-1669
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β¦ Synopsis
The export of protein from Escherichia coli has been studied by genetic, biochemical and biophysical techniques. These studies have defined a number of steps in the export pathway and have identified the cellular components required for the translocation process. New information is presented on the function of some of these components.
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