title: Surface proteins of gram-positive bacteria and how they get there.
abstract: Surface proteins are critical in determining the identifying characteristics of individual bacteria and their interaction with the environment. Because the structure of the cell surface is the major characteristic that distinguishes gram-positive from gram-negative bacteria, the processes used to transport and attach these proteins show significant differences between these bacterial classes. This review is intended to highlight these differences and to focus attention on areas that are ripe for further investigation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA. scott@microbio.emory.edu
authors.forename: June R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.forename: Timothy C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Barnett
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000737:chemistry; D010861:Fimbriae, Bacterial / Q000502:physiology; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D006094:Gram-Positive Bacteria / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D010457:Peptidoglycan / Q000378:metabolism; D017510:Protein Folding; D021381:Protein Transport; D013682:Teichoic Acids / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D010457:Peptidoglycan; C057842:SecB protein, Bacteria; D013682:Teichoic Acids