The S-layer proteins of two Bacillus stearothermophilus wild-type strains are bound via their N-terminal region to a secondary cell wall polymer of identical chemical composition

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1488-1495

  Egelseer, Eva Maria ^a   Leitner, Karl ^a   Jarosch, Marina ^a   Hotzy, Christoph ^a   Zayni, Sonja ^a   Sleytr, Uwe B ^a   Sára, Margit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0031941002     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.6.1488-1495.1998     Document Type: Article

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