Eukaryotic Membranes and Cytoskeleton Origins and Evolution

Eukaryotic Membranes and Cytoskeleton: Origins and Evolution discusses the evolutionary origin and diversification of eukaryotic endomembranes and cytoskeleton from a cell biological and comparative genomic perspective. Many of the chapters present original research data from comparative genomic surveys. The presence/absence of gene families with central roles in endomembrane and cytoskeleton dynamics in a variety of eukaryotic taxa and an understanding of eukaryote phylogeny allow us to accurately reconstruct the cellular machineries present in the last common ancestor of eukaryotes. Such a reconstruction is fundamental if we are to understand eukaryotic diversification since this is the ancestral cell from which all diversity arose. Comparative genomics can likewise tell us which lineages expanded or reduced certain gene families and the associated cellular machineries.

Riassunto

The presence/absence of gene families with central roles in endomembrane and cytoskeleton dynamics in a variety of eukaryotic taxa and an understanding of eukaryote phylogeny allow the cellular machineries present in the last common ancestor of eukaryotes to be accurately reconstructed. Such a reconstruction is fundamental in order to understand eukaryotic diversification, since this is the ancestral cell from which all diversity arose. Comparative genomics can likewise reveal which lineages expanded or reduced certain gene families and the associated cellular machineries.
This book discusses the evolutionary origin and diversification of eukaryotic endomembranes and cytoskeleton from a cell biological and comparative genomic perspective. Many of the chapters present original research data from comparative genomic surveys.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: Gáspár Jékely (Editore), Gaspar Jekely (Editore), Gáspá Jékely (Editore)
• Editore: Springer, Berlin
• Lingue: Inglese
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 29.01.2013
• Categoria: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Biologia > Microbiologia
• EAN: 9780387740201
• ISBN: 978-0-387-74020-1
• Numero di pagine: 145
• Illustrazioni: XV, 145 p.
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 17 x 1.5 x 26 cm
• Peso (della confezione): 447 g
• Serie: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology > 607; Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
• Categorie: B, Zellbiologie (Zytologie), Evolution, Genetik, Medizin, microbiology, Evolutionary Biology, Human Genetics, Biomedical and Life Sciences, Medical Genetics, Cellular biology (cytology), Cell Biology, Eukaryotic Microbiology