Insight into the assembly properties and functional organisation of the magnetotactic bacterial actin-like homolog, MamK.

Magnetotactic bacteria (MTB) synthesize magnetosomes, which are intracellular vesicles comprising a magnetic particle. A series of magnetosomes arrange themselves in chains to form a magnetic dipole that enables the cell to orient itself along the Earth's magnetic field. MamK, an actin-like hom...

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Main Authors: Sanjiv Sonkaria, Gloria Fuentes, Chandra Verma, Ram Narang, Varsha Khare, Anna Fischer, Damien Faivre
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3346761?pdf=render