Core proteome of the minimal cell: comparative proteomics of three mollicute species.

Mollicutes (mycoplasmas) have been recognized as highly evolved prokaryotes with an extremely small genome size and very limited coding capacity. Thus, they may serve as a model of a 'minimal cell': a cell with the lowest possible number of genes yet capable of autonomous self-replication....

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Main Authors: Gleb Y Fisunov, Dmitry G Alexeev, Nicolay A Bazaleev, Valentina G Ladygina, Maria A Galyamina, Ilya G Kondratov, Nadezhda A Zhukova, Marina V Serebryakova, Irina A Demina, Vadim M Govorun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3139596?pdf=render