S-layer proteins

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 859-868

  Sára, Margit ^a   Sleytr, Uwe B ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL GROWTH; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SHORT SURVEY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ARCHAEA; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033984760     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.4.859-868.2000     Document Type: Short Survey

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