Protein targeting: Getting into the groove
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The 54 kDa subunit of the signal recognition particle has to identify a diverse family of substrates and deliver them in a controlled manner to the translocation machinery of the endoplasmic reticulum. Important new insights into the function of this sorting protein have emerged from recent biochemical and structural studies.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Current Biology
دوره 8 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1998