The Biophysics of the Gram-Negative Periplasmic Space

Critical Reviews in Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-59

  Koch, Arthur L ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cytoplasmic voids; osmot ica; periosmotic agents; periplasmic space; plasmolysis space; turgor pressure

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010292860     PISSN: 1040841X     EISSN: 15497828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408419891294172     Document Type: Article

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