Structure, organization, and expression of genes coding for envelope components in the archaeon Methanosarcina mazei S-6

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 169, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 339-345

  Mayerhofer, Linda E ^a   Conway De Macario, Everly ^a   Yao, Rong ^a   Macario, Alberto J L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Antigenic diversity; Archaea; Cell envelope genes; Cell envelope proteins; Heterologous expression; In vivo expression; Methanosarcina mazei; Repeats; S layer

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; METHANOSARCINA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHANOSARCINA; METHANOSARCINA MAZEI; METHANOSARCINA MAZEI S-6; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 7144262389     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050580     Document Type: Article

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