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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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• Full title: Crystalline Bacterial Cell Surface Layers
• Author: Paul Messner, Dietmar Pum, Margit Sara, Uwe B. Sleytr
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 193
• EAN: 9783642735394
• ISBN: 9783642735394
• ID: 06621052
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
• Weight: 369 g
• Dimensions: 244 × 170 × 12 mm
• Date of publishing: 16. December 2011

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