Biology & Life Sciences

Open Highlights: Living Life on a Magnet

Published August 30, 2016 Curated Collections

This Open Highlights collection examines recent research into the diverse ways in which living things interact with the Earth’s magnetic field and use it for orientation and navigation.

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PLOS Biology Living Life on a Magnet
August 23, 2016 Roland G. Roberts

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PLOS Biology MamO Is a Repurposed Serine Protease that Promotes Magnetite Biomineralization through Direct Transition Metal Binding in Magnetotactic Bacteria
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PLOS ONE MamA as a Model Protein for Structure-Based Insight into the Evolutionary Origins of Magnetotactic Bacteria
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