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periplasmic
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periplasmic /peri·plas·mic/ (-plas´mik) around the plasma membrane; between the plasma membrane and the cell wall of a bacterium.
periplasmic [per″ĭ-plas´mik]
around the plasma membrane; between the plasma membrane and the cell wall of a bacterium.

periplasmic
around the plasma membrane; between the plasma membrane and the cell wall of a bacterium.


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The PhoA component of this fusion construct shows whether IcsA has been secreted across the cytoplasmic membrane to the periplasm of Shigella since the PhoA is only active in the periplasm.
The TonB protein spans the periplasm and is anchored to the cytoplasmic membrane and interacts with receptors in the outer membrane to facilitate the uptake of several nutrients or growth factors, including iron-siderophore complexes.
95 Hardcover QR92 As late as the early 1970s science was unaware that the periplasm existed; now we know it is the extracytoplasmic compartment found in gram-negative bacteria figuring in protein transport, folding, cell architecture, cell division, stress responses and other essential functions.
 
 
 
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