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A second actin-like MamK protein in Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1 encoded outside the genomic magnetosome island.
PloS one - 10 Feb 2010
Rioux Jean-Baptiste, Philippe Nadège, Pereira Sandrine, Pignol David, Wu Long-Fei, Ginet Nicolas
Abstract excerpt
Magnetotactic bacteria are able to swim navigating along geomagnetic field lines. They synthesize ferromagnetic nanocrystals that are embedded in cytoplasmic membrane invaginations forming magnetosomes. Regularly aligned in the cytoplasm along cytoskeleton filaments, the magnetosome chain effecti...
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