How iron is transported into magnetosomes

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 792-796

  Nies, Dietrich H ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATION TRANSPORT PROTEIN; HETERODIMER; IRON; MAGNETITE; PROTEIN MAMB; PROTEIN MAMM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOMINERALIZATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; IRON TRANSPORT; MAGNETOSOME; MAGNETOSPIRILLUM; MAGNETOSPIRILLUM GRYPHISWALDENSE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FERUMOXYTOL; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; MAGNETOSOMES; MAGNETOSPIRILLUM;

MAGNETOSPIRILLUM GRYPHISWALDENSE;

EID: 80855143751     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07864.x     Document Type: Note

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