Co-ordinated functions of Mms proteins define the surface structure of cubo-octahedral magnetite crystals in magnetotactic bacteria

Authors :: Atsushi Arakaki
Tadashi Matsunaga
Masayoshi Tanaka
Ayumi Fukuyo
Ayana Yamagishi
Source :: Molecular Microbiology. 93:554-567
Publication Year :: 2014
Publisher :: Wiley, 2014.
Abstract: Magnetotactic bacteria synthesize magnetosomes comprised of membrane-enveloped single crystalline magnetite (Fe3 O4 ). The size and morphology of the nano-sized magnetite crystals (

Subjects :: Gram-negative bacteria
Magnetotactic bacteria
biology
Mutant
Magnetosome
Crystal growth
biology.organism_classification
Microbiology
Crystal
chemistry.chemical_compound
chemistry
Biophysics
Molecular Biology
Magnetospirillum
Magnetite

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