The structure of bacterial S-layer proteins

Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science

Volumn 103, Issue , 2011, Pages 73-130

  Pavkov Keller, Tea ^a   Howorka, Stefan ^b   Keller, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bacterial S layer; electron microscopy; SLH motif; structure; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054714230     PISSN: 18771173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-415906-8.00004-2     Document Type: Chapter

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