First and last ancestors: reconstructing evolution of the endomembrane system with ESCRTs, vesicle coat proteins, and nuclear pore complexes

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 4-13

  Field, Mark C ^a   Dacks, Joel B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLATHRIN; COATOMER PROTEIN; PROTEIN;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOKINESIS; ENDOMEMBRANE SYSTEM; LIPID TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR PORE COMPLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; EVOLUTION; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PORE;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 61349170303     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2008.12.004     Document Type: Review

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