Porins in the cell wall of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 6543-6546

  Kartmann, Bettina ^a,c   Stengler, Steffen ^b   Niederweis, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATION; PORIN;

ANION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032718515     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.20.6543-6546.1999     Document Type: Article

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