A canonical FtsZ protein in <it>Verrucomicrobium spinosum</it>, a member of the Bacterial phylum <it>Verrucomicrobia </it>that also includes tubulin-producing <it>Prosthecobacter </it>species
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The origin and evolution of the homologous GTP-binding cytoskeletal proteins FtsZ typical of Bacteria and tubulin characteristic of eukaryotes is a major question in molecular evolutionary biology. Both FtsZ and tubulin are central t...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2007-03-01
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Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/7/37 |