S-layers of Bacillus species

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1039-1052

  Sidhu, Maan Singh ^a   Olsen, Ingar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bacillus species; Crystalline proteins; S layers; Surface layers

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

BACILLUS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOSIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW;

EID: 0030978361     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-4-1039     Document Type: Review

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