Cell biology - Border crossing

被引:10
作者
Bowie, JU [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Inst Mol Biol, Dept Chem & Biochem, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA
[2] Univ Calif Los Angeles, UCLA DOE Lab Genom & Proteom, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA
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D O I
10.1038/433367a
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The ‘translocon’ complex, which determines whether a protein segment will be inserted into or pushed through the cell membrane, seems to make the decision by performing a thermodynamic measurement.
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页码:367 / 369
页数:3
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