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Traffic spotting: poles apart
Author(s) -
Pugsley Anthony P.,
Buddelmeijer Nienke
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
molecular microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.857
H-Index - 247
eISSN - 1365-2958
pISSN - 0950-382X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04273.x
Subject(s) - biology , spotting , cytoplasm , bacteria , computational biology , bacterial protein , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics , artificial intelligence , computer science
Summary Finding out where specific functions are carried out within a bacterial cell has now become technically feasible. Here we consider recent experiments aimed at determining where bacteria translocate proteins across the cytoplasmic membrane using the Sec machinery.