The origins of phagocytosis and eukaryogenesis |
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| Authors: | Natalya Yutin Maxim Y Wolf Yuri I Wolf Eugene V Koonin |
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| Affiliation: | (1) National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA |
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| Abstract: | Background Phagocytosis, that is, engulfment of large particles by eukaryotic cells, is found in diverse organisms and is often thought to be central to the very origin of the eukaryotic cell, in particular, for the acquisition of bacterial endosymbionts including the ancestor of the mitochondrion. |
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