Composite S-layer lipid structures

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 207-216

  Schuster, Bernhard ^a   Sleytr, Uwe B ^a  

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

Author keywords

Biomimetics; Crystalline surface layer protein; Nanopatterned fluidity; Secondary cell wall polymer; Supported lipid membrane; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

LIPID; LIPOSOME; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PEPTIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL CELL; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; LIPID MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SULFOLOBUS; THERMOPLASMA ACIDOPHILUM;

BIOMIMETICS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

ARCHAEA;

EID: 69249206640     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2009.03.004     Document Type: Article

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