Identification of two binding domains, one for peptidoglycan and another for a secondary cell wall polymer, on the N-terminal part of the S-layer protein SbsB from Bacillus stearothermophilus PV72/p2

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 6780-6783

  Sára, Margit ^a   Egelseer, Eva M ^a   Dekitsch, Christine ^a   Sleytr, Uwe B ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLYCINE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; POLYMER; SERINE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032415871     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.24.6780-6783.1998     Document Type: Article

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