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Gram-Negative Bacteria: The cell Membranes

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Outer Membrane Vesicles of Bacteria

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This chapter presents a brief outline of our current knowledge of the structures of the bounding membranes (the inner and the outer membranes and the intermediate periplasmic layer) of a Gram-negative bacterial cell. Also the structure and chemical composition of the outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) originating from the surface of these bacteria including their proteomic profile, as obtained mainly by mass spectroscopic and related studies, have been presented in brief.

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  2. Molecular and Human Genetics Division, Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Raja S.C. Mullick Rd. 4, Kolkata, 700032, India

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Chatterjee, S.N., Chaudhuri, K. (2012). Gram-Negative Bacteria: The cell Membranes. In: Outer Membrane Vesicles of Bacteria. SpringerBriefs in Microbiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30526-9_2

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