Cell wall polymers in Archaea (Archaebacteria)

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 305-308

  Kandler, O ^a   Konig H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Archaea (Archaebacteria); Biosynthesis; Cell walls; Chemical structure; Evolution; Glutaminylglycan; Methanochondroitin; Pseudomurein; S layers

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POLYMER;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; CELL WALL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; METHANOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN;

ARCHAEA; BIOPOLYMERS; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CELL WALL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

ARCHAEA; METHANOBACTERIUM;

EID: 0031945225     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000180050156     Document Type: Conference Paper

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