Asgard archaea illuminate the origin of eukaryotic cellular complexity
Asgard archaea illuminate the origin of eukaryotic cellular complexity
Katarzyna Zaremba-Niedźwiedzka,Eva F. Caceres,14 Authors,Thijs J. G. Ettema
2017 · DOI: 10.1038/nature21031
Nature · 983 Citations
TLDR
The results expand the known repertoire of ‘eukaryote-specific’ proteins in Archaea, indicating that the archaeal host cell already contained many key components that govern eukaryotic cellular complexity.