«We found that Asgard archaea share many genes uniquely with eukaryotes, including several genes that are involved in the formation of structures that
give eukaryotic cells their complex character.
Not exact matches
After a prolonged legal battle, USPTO in February ruled that it wasn't obvious that UC's discovery would work in human and other
eukaryotic cells,
giving the Broad a distinct patent advantage.
The hypothesized process by which prokaryotes
gave rise to the first
eukaryotic cells is known as endosymbiosis, and certainly ranks among the most important evolutionary events.
To gain a better understanding of the evolutionary path by which these archaeal proteins
gave rise to the
eukaryotic cytoskeleton we have assembled a team of global experts in cytoskeletal biology and evolutionary
cell biology.
These newly identified organisms might have a big impact on our understanding of the deeper branches of the tree of life
giving us new hints about the emergence of the
eukaryotic cell.