Eukaryotes evolution

Roper, A.J. (1999). Reconstructing early events in eukaryotic evolution. Am. Nat., 154, S146—S163 van Niftrick, L.A., Fuerst, J.A., Sinninghe Damste, J.S., Kuenen, J.G., Jetten, M.G.M. and Srauss, M. (2004). The anammoxone An introcytoplasmic compartment in anammox bacteria. FEBS Microbiol. Lett., 233, 7-13... 

Embley TM, Horner DA, Hirt RE 1997. Anaerobic eukaryote evolution hydrogenosomes as biochemically modified mitochondria Trends Ecol Evol 12 437 1. 

Simpson A, Roger A J 2002 Eukaryotic evolution getting to the root of the problem. Curr Biol 12 R691-R693... 

Embley TM, Horner DA, Hirt RP (1997) Anaerobic eukaryote evolution hydrogenosomes as biochemically modified mitochondria Trends Ecol Evol 12 437-441 Embley TM, van der Giezen M, Horner DS, Dyal PL, Bell S, Foster PG (2003) Hydrogenosomes, mitochondria and early eukaryotic evolution. IUBMB LIFE 55 387-395 Embley TM, Martin W (2006) Eukaryotic evolution, changes and challenges. Nature 440 623-630... 

Embley TM, Martin W (2006) Eukaryotic evolution, changes and challenges. Nature 440 623-630... 

While in unicellular eukaryotes the mitochondria were shown to play a central role in cellular FeS cluster assembly, metazoan ISC machinery might not be exclusively localized to mitochondria. It has been found that key ISC components, including IscS, IscU, Nfu, and frataxin, are located in the cytosol and nucleus as well as in mitochondria, and their participation in de novo FeS cluster synthesis outside of mitochondria was suggested (Tong and Rouault 2000, 2006). It would be interesting to investigate at which step of eukaryote evolution the transfer of ISC machinery to other cell compartments occurred and to clarify its extramitochondrial function. 

Douzery, E.J.P., Snell, E.A., Bapteste, E., Delsuc, F. and Philippe, H. (2004) The timing of eukaryotic evolution does a relaxed molecular clock reconcile proteins and fossils Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 1 01, 1 5386-1 5391. 

Whatever the real time sequence of eukaryote evolution may be, origin and development of the nucleated cell has implications for the understanding of the evolution of 02 in hydrosphere and atmosphere since even the few anaerobic eukaryotes that presently exist require molecular oxygen for synthesis of some essential biochemicals47 2 Thus all eukaryotic cells are basically aerobic and it is most likely that they evolved from an aerobic protoeukaryote stem cell. 

Roger AJ (1999) Reconstructing early events in eukaryotic evolution. Am Nat 154 S146-S163... 

The transition from prokaryotic to eukaryotic cells and the subsequent events that took place during the origin of the eukaryotic cell remain some of the greatest unresolved, and hotly debated, biological puzzles. One of the few widely accepted facts of early eukaryotic evolution is that eukaryotic cells are fundamentally chimaeric organelles such as mitochondria and chloroplasts are derived from endosymbiotic precursors that are... 

Embley TM, van der Giezen M, Horner DS, Dyal PL, Bell S, Foster PC (2003) Hydrogenosomes, mitochondria and early eukaryotic evolution. IUBMB Life 55 387-395... 

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