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Cellular engineering in a minimal microbe: structure and assembly of the terminal organelle of Mycoplasma pneumoniae
23 Dec 2003
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Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a minimal microbe with respect to cell envelope composition, biosynthetic and regulatory capabilities and genome size, yet it possesses a remarkably complex, multifunctional terminal organelle. This membrane-bound extension of the mycoplasma cell is defined by the presence of an electron-dense core that appears as paired, parallel bars oriented longitudinally and enlarging at the distal...
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