Bacterial cell biology: managing magnetosomes.
Sensing of magnetic fields by living organisms -- magnetosensing -- is best understood in magnetotactic bacteria. Recently work has provided new insight into the biogenesis of bacterial magnetosomes, and links these organelles to a newly recognized prokaryotic cytoskeletal filament which organizes magnetosomes into a sensory structure capable of aligning cells with the geomagnetic field.
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Craig
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Biology Department, Santa Clara University, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, California 95053, USA. cstephens@scu.edu
D000818:Animals; D003599:Cytoskeleton; D052203:Ferrosoferric Oxide; D042201:Magnetospirillum / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure
D052203:Ferrosoferric Oxide