Gas vesicles isolated from Halobacterium cells by lysis in hypotonic solution are structurally weakened

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 252, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 337-341

  Oren, Aharon ^a   Pri El, Nuphar ^b   Shapiro, Orr ^b   Siboni, Nachshon ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Gas vesicles; GvpC; Halobacterium

Indexed keywords

HYPOTONIC SOLUTION;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOLYSIS; HALOBACTERIUM; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOLYSIS; CYTOPLASMIC VESICLES; HALOBACTERIUM; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; HYPOTONIC SOLUTIONS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALOBACTERIACEAE; HALOBACTERIUM;

EID: 27444438336     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2005.09.017     Document Type: Article

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