Diversity of opisthokont septin proteins reveals structural constraints and conserved motifs

Abstract Background Septins are cytoskeletal proteins important in cell division and in establishing and maintaining cell polarity. Although septins are found in various eukaryotes, septin genes had the richest history of duplication and diversification in the animals, fungi and protists that compri...

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Main Authors: Benjamin Auxier, Jaclyn Dee, Mary L. Berbee, Michelle Momany
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-01-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-018-1297-8