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Another brick in the wall? Recent developments concerning the yeast cell envelope.
Yeast (Chichester, England) - 1 Dec 1994
Stratford M
Abstract excerpt
To a yeast, the cell wall is an important living organelle performing a number of vital functions, including osmotic and physical protection, selective permeability barrier, immobilized enzyme support and cell-cell recognition and adhesion. Our basic model of wall structure involves attachment of secreted mannoproteins to a fibrillar inner layer of beta-glucan. Recent work has emphasised the importance of chitin...
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