The major magnetosome proteins MamGFDC are not essential for magnetite biomineralization in Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense but regulate the size of magnetosome crystals

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 377-386

  Scheffel, André ^a   Gärdes, Astrid ^a   Grünberg, Karen ^a   Wanner, Gerhard ^a,b   Schüler, Dirk ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; MAGNETITE; MAGNETOSOME PROTEIN; PROTEIN MAMGFDC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOMINERALIZATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FUNGAL GENE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSOME MEMBRANE; MAGNETOSPIRILLUM; MAGNETOSPIRILLUM GRYPHISWALDENSE; MAMC GENE; MAMGFDC GENE; MEMBRANE BINDING; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; FERROSOFERRIC OXIDE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MAGNETICS; MAGNETOSPIRILLUM; MUTAGENESIS; ORGANELLES; PLASMIDS;

MAGNETOSPIRILLUM GRYPHISWALDENSE;

EID: 37549010991     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01371-07     Document Type: Article

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