A mitochondrion-free eukaryote contains proteins capable of import into an exogenous mitochondrion-related organelle
The endobiotic flagellate Monocercomonoides exilis is the only known eukaryote to have lost mitochondria and all its associated proteins in its evolutionary past. This final stage of the mitochondrial evolutionary pathway may serve as a model to explain events at their very beginning such as the ini...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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The Royal Society
2023-01-01
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| Series: | Open Biology |
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| Online Access: | https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsob.220238 |