Structural and functional analyses of the secondary cell wall polymer of Bacillus sphaericus CCM 2177 that serves as an S-layer-specific anchor

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 7643-7646

  Ilk, Nicola ^a   Kosma, Paul ^a   Puchberger, Michael ^a   Egelseer, Eva M ^a   Mayer, Harald F ^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

POLYMER;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BACILLUS SPHAERICUS;

EID: 0032786249     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.24.7643-7646.1999     Document Type: Article

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