The archaeal cell envelope

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 414-426

  Albers, Sonja Verena ^a   Meyer, Benjamin H ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; PILIN;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CELL SURFACE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; REVIEW;

ARCHAEA; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; CELL SURFACE EXTENSIONS; CELL WALL; GLYCOSYLATION;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79956100429     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: 17401534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro2576     Document Type: Review

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