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Complex regulation of the sirtuin-dependent reversible lysine acetylation system of Salmonella enterica 肠沙门氏菌sirtuin依赖性可逆赖氨酸乙酰化系统的复杂调控

IF 4.6 3区生物学

Microbial Cell Pub Date : 2015-10-12 DOI: 10.15698/mic2015.11.239

Kristy L. Hentchel, J. Escalante‐Semerena

引用次数: 6

Formyl-methionine as a degradation signal at the N-termini of bacterial proteins. 甲酰基蛋氨酸作为细菌蛋白质n端降解信号。

IF 4.6 3区生物学

Microbial Cell Pub Date : 2015-01-01 DOI: 10.15698/mic2015.10.231

Konstantin I Piatkov, Tri T M Vu, Cheol-Sang Hwang, Alexander Varshavsky

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