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Cell Wall

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Definition: The outermost layer of a cell in most PLANTS; BACTERIA; FUNGI; and ALGAE. The cell wall is usually a rigid structure that lies external to the CELL MEMBRANE, and provides a protective barrier against physical or chemical agents.     
Examples Cell Wall Skeleton 		Other names Walls, Cell; Wall, Cell; Cell Walls
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
yoeB protein, Bacillus subtilis  0   *Bacterial Proteins *Carrier Proteins Cell Wall. J Bacteriol 2007 Jul;189(13):4671-80
TBF-1 protein, Tuber borchii  0   *Fungal Proteins Cell Wall. Fungal Genet Biol 1998 Nov;25(2):87-99
HEP200 protein, Cylindrotheca fusiformis  0   *Algal Proteins Cell Wall Diatoms. Eur J Biochem 1997 Nov 15;250(1):99-105
gordonin  0   *Glycoconjugates *Lipopeptides Cell Wall. J Biol Chem 1997 Apr 18;272(16):10729-38
CCW14 protein, S cerevisiae  0   *Cell Wall *Membrane Glycoproteins *Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins. J Bacteriol 1997 Apr;179(7):2154-62
CYP15a protein, Pisum sativum  EC 3.4.22.-   *Cysteine Endopeptidases *Plant Proteins Cell Wall Water-Electrolyte Balance. Plant Mol Biol 1995 Sep;28(6):1055-65
CWP2 protein, S cerevisiae  0   *Membrane Glycoproteins *Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins Cell Wall. J Bacteriol 1995 Jun;177(11):3104-10
MsPRP2 protein, Medicago sativa  0   *Plant Proteins Cell Wall. Plant Mol Biol 1995 Jan;27(2):411-8
WP6 protein, Chlamydomonas eugametos  0   *Plant Proteins Cell Wall. Plant Mol Biol 1994 Nov;26(3):947-60
(N-acetylmuramyl-N-acetylglucosaminyl)-alanyl-glutamyl-diaminopimelyl-alanine  0   *Disaccharides *Oligopeptides *Peptidoglycan Cell Wall Escherichia coli. Science 1993 Dec 24;262(5142):2030-3
mannoproteins  0   *Membrane Glycoproteins Cell Wall Mannans. J Biol Chem 1980;255(12):5979

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