Deletion of the ftsZ-like gene results in the production of superparamagnetic magnetite magnetosomes in Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1097-1105

  Ding, Yao ^a   Li, Jinhua ^b   Liu, Jiangning ^a   Yang, Jing ^a   Jiang, Wei ^a,c   Tian, Jiesheng ^a,c   Li, Ying ^a,c   Pan, Yongxin ^b,c   Li, Jilun ^a,c  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c France China Bio Mineralization and Nano Structures Laboratory   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FTSZ PROTEIN; GENOMIC DNA; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MAGNETITE; PHOSPHORUS; RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; DELETION MUTANT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FTSZ GENE; GENE DELETION; MAGNETOSOME; MAGNETOSPIRILLUM; MAGNETOSPIRILLUM GRYPHISWALDENSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FERROSOFERRIC OXIDE; GENE DELETION; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENE ORDER; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MAGNETOSOMES; MAGNETOSPIRILLUM; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OPERON; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION;

MAGNETOSPIRILLUM; MAGNETOSPIRILLUM GRYPHISWALDENSE;

EID: 75749102218     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01292-09     Document Type: Article

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