Biogenesis and functions of bacterial S-layers

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 211-222

  Fagan, Robert P ^a   Fairweather, Neil F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; CELL WALL; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 84894065666     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: 17401534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro3213     Document Type: Review

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