MamO and mamE genes are essential for magnetosome crystal biomineralization in Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense MSR-1

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 161, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 701-705

  Yang, Wei ^a   Li, Ruiguo ^b   Peng, Tao ^a   Zhang, Yang ^a   Jiang, Wei ^a   Li, Ying ^a   Li, Jilun ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b China National Center for Biotechnology Development   (China)

Author keywords

Magnetosome crystal; Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense; MamE gene; MamO gene

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOMINERALIZATION; CRYSTAL; GENE MUTATION; MAGNETOSOME; MAGNETOSPIRILLUM; MAGNETOSPIRILLUM GRYPHISWALDENSE; MAMAB GENE; MAME GENE; MAMO GENE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FERROSOFERRIC OXIDE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; IRON; MAGNETICS; MAGNETOSOMES; MAGNETOSPIRILLUM; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SULFIDES;

MAGNETOSPIRILLUM GRYPHISWALDENSE;

EID: 77957259375     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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