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- Title
A complex cell division machinery was present in the last common ancestor of eukaryotes.
- Authors
Eme, Laura; Moreira, David; Talla, Emmanuel; Brochier-Armanet, Céline
- Abstract
The midbody is a transient complex structure containing proteins involved in cytokinesis. Up to now, it has been described only in Metazoa. Other eukaryotes present a variety of structures implied in the last steps of cell division, such as the septum in fungi or the phragmoplast in plants. However, it is unclear whether these structures are homologous (derive from a common ancestral structure) or analogous (have distinct evolutionary origins). Recently, the proteome of the hamster midbody has been characterized and 160 proteins identified.
- Publication
PloS one, 2009, Vol 4, Issue 4, pe5021
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0005021