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National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev (NIBN)

2 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE

Biology

Purification of the M. magneticum Strain AMB-1 Magnetosome Associated Protein MamAΔ41

¹Department of Life Sciences and National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev, Ben-Gurion University

MamA is a unique Magnetosome associated protein which was shown to be involved in magnetosome activation. Here we present the purification protocol of MamA deletion mutant (MamAΔ41) from M. magneticum AMB-1.

Biochemistry

A Colorimetric Method for Measuring Iron Content in Plants

Jonas C. Gitz^1,2, Noy Sadot¹, Michele Zaccai¹, Raz Zarivach^1,2

¹Department of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, ²National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev (NIBN)

We present a simple and reliable protocol for measuring iron content in plant tissues using the colorimetric Prussian Blue method.