Bacteria with a eukaryotic touch: A glimpse of ancient evolution?

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 29, 2010, Pages 12739-12740

  Forterre, Patrick ^a,b   Gribaldo, Simonetta ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NUCLEOPORIN; PROTEIN GP4978; STREPTAVIDIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; ENDOCYTOSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUBACTERIUM; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; GEMMATA OBSCURIGLOBUS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; ENDOCYTOSIS; EUKARYOTA; EVOLUTION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 77955621208     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1007720107     Document Type: Note

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