Primary structure of cyanelle peptidoglycan of Cyanophora paradoxa: A prokaryotic cell wall as part of an organelle envelope

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 332-339

  Pfanzagl, Beatrix ^a   Zenker, Andrea ^b   Pittenauer, Ernst ^b   Allmaier, Günter ^b   Martinez Torrecuadrada, Jorge ^c   Schmid, Erich R ^b   De Pedro, Miguel A ^c   Löffelhardt, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Institute of Analytical Chemistry   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CELL ORGANELLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; CYANOPHORA PARADOXA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA; PROTISTA;

EID: 0030048929     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.2.332-339.1996     Document Type: Article

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