Las estructuras de proteínas que forman el caparazón de los orgánulos bacterianos primitivos

Cheryl A Kerfeld1, Michael R Sawaya, Shiho Tanaka

  • 1Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Box 951570, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|August 6, 2005
PubMed
Resumen

Los microcompartimentos bacterianos, como el carboxisoma, son capas de proteínas que se encuentran en los microbios. El análisis estructural revela sus bloques básicos de construcción y ensamblaje, ofreciendo información sobre su función y diseño.

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