title: Traffic spotting: poles apart.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Genetics Unit, CNRS URA 2172 Institut Pasteur, 25 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris CEDEX 15, France. max@pasteur.fr
authors.forename: Anthony P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Pugsley
authors.forename: Nienke
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Buddelmeijer
mesh_terms: D018407:Bacterial Physiological Phenomena; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D021381:Protein Transport / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins