A complex cell division machinery was present in the last common ancestor of eukaryotes.

BACKGROUND: 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 plan...

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Main Authors: Laura Eme, David Moreira, Emmanuel Talla, Céline Brochier-Armanet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2661371?pdf=render