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Elongation factor Tu is present in a fourfold excess over the amount seemingly involved in protein synthesis. It is identical to a major protein which we have found associated with the plasma membrane. The possibility of a specific role in that location is considered.
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Jacobson, G., Rosenbusch, J. Abundance and membrane association of elongation factor Tu in E. coli. Nature 261, 23–26 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/261023a0
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