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" Crystalline Bacterial Cell Surface Layers "
edited by Uwe B. Sleytr, Paul Messner, Dietmar Pum, Margit Sára.
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BL
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753225
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b573186
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edited by Uwe B. Sleytr, Paul Messner, Dietmar Pum, Margit Sára.
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Crystalline Bacterial Cell Surface Layers\ edited by Uwe B. Sleytr, Paul Messner, Dietmar Pum, Margit Sára.
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Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1988
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(xii, 193 pages 86 illustrations)
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3540190821
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: 3642735371
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: 9783540190820
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: 9783642735370
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From the contents: Comparative Chemistry of the Rigid Cell Wall Component and its Phylogenetic Implications --; Evidence for the Glycoprotein Nature of Eubacterial S-Layers --; Thermoresistance of A-Layer-Deficient Mutants of Aeromonas salmonicida --; The Three-Dimensional Structure of Bacterial Surface Layers --; The Surface Protein of the Archaebacterium Thermoproteus tenax --; Three-Dimensional Structure of the Regular Tetragonal Surface Layer of Azotobacter vinelandii --; Occurrence and Characterization of S-Layers in Oral Bacteria --; S-Layers in Cyanobacteria --; Cloning and Sequencing of the S-Layer Glycoprotein Gene of Halobacterium halobium- Comparative Studies on Synthetic and S-Layer Ultrafiltration Membranes --; Appendix: Crystalline Surface Layers on Bacteria.
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Crystalline surface layers (S-layers) represent an almost universal feature of archaebacterial cell envelopes and can be found in gram-positive and gram-negative eubacterial species from nearly all phylogenetic branches. S-layers consist of a single protein- or glycoprotein species and thus can be considered as one of the most primitive membrane structures developed during evolution. Prokaryotes carrying S-layers are ubiquitously found in every part of the biosphere. This supports the concept of a general supramolecular "porous crystalline surface layer" fulfilling a broad spectrum of functions which are strongly dependent on the particular environmental and ecological conditions. Their structural simplicity makes S-layers a suitable model for analyzing structure-function relationships as well as dynamic aspects of membrane morphogenesis.
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Cytology.
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Life sciences.
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Microbiology.
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QR77.3E358 1988
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Dietmar Pum
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Margit Sára
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Paul Messner
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Uwe B Sleytr
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