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- noun A
bacterial organelle that containsenzymes involved incarbon fixation .
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The research team, led by co-first authors, research fellows David Savage and Bruno Afonso, attached a fluorescent tag to proteins involved in building the carboxysome, then grew the tagged bacteria under a microscope.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Silver's lab is looking into whether the carboxysome might be useful for optimizing the production of hydrogen by engineered bacteria.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Fluorescent labeling of proteins inside the carboxysome show that cyanobacteria create carboxysomes in numbers proportional to length and space them evenly along their longest axis.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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"Knowledge about how cells create and deploy specialized factories like the carboxysome opens the way to creating other kinds of mini factories that could perform useful functions," said Richard Losick, Harvard University professor of molecular and cellular biology, who was not involved in the study.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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The carboxysome may help solve this problem because its outer shell blocks out oxygen, protecting the enzymes inside from its toxic effects.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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