How magnetotactic bacteria make magnetosomes queue up

被引：51
作者：
Frankel, Richard B. [1 ]
Bazylinski, Dennis A.
机构：
[1] Calif Polytech State Univ San Luis Obispo, Dept Phys, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 USA
[2] Iowa State Univ, Dept Biochem Biophys & Mol Biol, Ames, IA 50011 USA
来源：
TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY | 2006年 / 14卷 / 08期
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D O I：
10.1016/j.tim.2006.06.004
中图分类号：
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号：
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要：
Magnetotactic bacteria contain chains of magnetosomes that comprise a permanent magnetic dipole in each cell. In two separate, recent papers, Scheffel et al. and Komeili et A describe the roles of the proteins MamJ and MamK in magnetosome chain formation. Here, we describe the two studies and highlight questions that must be addressed in future investigations of how magnetotactic bacteria construct their magnetic compass needles.
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