Nuclear pore-like structures in a compartmentalized bacterium
Evgeny Sagulenko, Amanda Nouwens, Richard I Webb, Kathryn Green, Benjamin Yee, Gary Morgan, Andrew Leis, Kuo-Chang Lee, Margaret K Butler, Nicholas Chia, Uyen Thi Phuong Pham, Stinus Lindgreen, Ryan Catchpole, Anthony M Poole, John A. Fuerst
The paper identifies pore-like structures in the bacterium Gemmata obscuriglobus with structural similarities to eukaryotic nuclear pores, suggesting potential evolutionary convergence or homology.
bioRxiv · Sep 21, 2016Microbiology