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A new, leaner and meaner bacterial organelle

Nature Structural & Molecular Biology volume 15, pages 897–898 (2008)Cite this article

Bacteria sequester key metabolic steps into polyhedral protein compartments. A newly discovered nanocompartment reveals what it takes for its cargo protein to become encapsulated within a protein shell.

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Figure 1: Bacterial nano- and microcompartments.

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  1. Sabine Heinhorst and Gordon C. Cannon are at The University of Southern Mississippi, 118 College Drive, # 5043, Hattiesburg, Mississippi 39406-0001, USA. sabine.heinhorst@usm.edu or gordon.cannon@usm.edu,

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