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A canonical FtsZ protein in Verrucomicrobium spinosum, a member of the Bacterial phylum Verrucomicrobia that also includes tubulin-producing Prosthecobacter species

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Title
A canonical FtsZ protein in Verrucomicrobium spinosum, a member of the Bacterial phylum Verrucomicrobia that also includes tubulin-producing Prosthecobacter species
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BMC Ecology and Evolution, March 2007
DOI 10.1186/1471-2148-7-37
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Benjamin Yee, Feras F Lafi, Brian Oakley, James T Staley, John A Fuerst

Abstract

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 to key cell biology processes--bacterial septation and cell division in the case of FtsZ and in the case of tubulins the function of microtubules necessary for mitosis and other key cytoskeleton-dependent processes in eukaryotes. The origin of tubulin in particular is of significance to models for eukaryote origins. Most members of domain Bacteria possess FtsZ, but bacteria in genus Prosthecobacter of the phylum Verrucomicrobia form a key exception, possessing tubulin homologs BtubA and BtubB. It is therefore of interest to know whether other members of phylum Verrucomicrobia possess FtsZ or tubulin as their FtsZ-tubulin gene family representative.

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Country Count As %
Germany 1 4%
Australia 1 4%
Unknown 24 92%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 8 31%
Student > Bachelor 7 27%
Researcher 4 15%
Student > Master 3 12%
Professor 1 4%
Other 3 12%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 14 54%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 6 23%
Environmental Science 2 8%
Immunology and Microbiology 1 4%
Social Sciences 1 4%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 2 8%
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