Cellular origin of the viral capsid-like bacterial microcompartments
Abstract ᅟ Bacterial microcompartments (BMC) are proteinaceous organelles that structurally resemble viral capsids, but encapsulate enzymes that perform various specialized biochemical reactions in the cell cytoplasm. The BMC are constructed from two major shell proteins, BMC-H and BMC-P, which form...
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| Language: | English |
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2017-11-01
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| Series: | Biology Direct |
| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13062-017-0197-y |