Crystalline Bacterial Cell Surface Layers (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1988)

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.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag
Country of origin:	Germany
Release date:	December 2011
First published:	1988
Editors:	Uwe B. Sleytr • Paul Messner • Dietmar Pum • Margit Sara
Dimensions:	244 x 170 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	193
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1988
ISBN-13:	978-3-642-73539-4
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Pathology > Medical microbiology & virology Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Cellular biology > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Microbiology (non-medical) > General Promotions
LSN:	3-642-73539-8
Barcode:	9783642735394

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