Intermediate Steps

• DOI: 10.1126/science.1196720
• Publication Date: 2010-11-25T19:20:03Z
• Authors: Damien P. Devos; Emmanuel G. Reynaud
• Keywords: 0301 basic medicine; Cell Membrane; Eukaryota; Intracellular Membranes; Peptidoglycan; Archaea; Biological Evolution; Endocytosis; Cytoskeletal Proteins; 03 medical and health sciences; Phenotype; Bacterial Proteins; Tubulin; Gram-Negative Bacteria; Periplasm; Symbiosis; Phylogeny

Bacteria that also have features typical of eukaryotes and archaea may reflect a possible pathway in ancient cellular evolution.