Disulfide cross-linked envelope proteins: The functional equivalent of peptidoglycan in chlamydiae?

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-5

  Hatch, Thomas P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENVELOPE PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CROSS LINKING; DISULFIDE BOND; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SHORT SURVEY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIACEAE; CHLAMYDIAE;

EID: 0030027256     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.1.1-5.1996     Document Type: Short Survey

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