The cell wall polymer of the extremely halophilic archaeon Natronococcus occultus

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 249, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 905-911

  Niemetz, Ruth ^a   Kärcher, Uwe ^a   Kandler, Otto ^b   Tindall, Brian J ^c   König, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE DSMZ GERMAN COLLECTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND CELL CULTURES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Archaea; Cell wall; Glycoconjugate; Natronococcus; Poly ( L glutamine)

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CELL WALL; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NATRONOCOCCUS; NATRONOCOCCUS OCCULTUS;

EID: 0030669836     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.00905.x     Document Type: Article

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