Crystalline Bacterial Cell Surface Layers (1988)
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- Synopsis
- 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.
- Copyright:
- 1988
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- ISBN-13:
- 9783642735370
- Related ISBNs:
- 9783540190820
- Publisher:
- Springer Berlin Heidelberg
- Date of Addition:
- 06/19/22
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- N/A
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Science, Medicine
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- Edited by:
- Uwe B. Sleytr
- Edited by:
- Paul Messner
- Edited by:
- Dietmar Pum
- Edited by:
- Margit Sara
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