Eukaryotic cells organization

Heterologous expression systems comprise prokaryotic organisms (e.g., E. coli) and eukaryotic cells (e.g., yeast, HEK293, Xenopus oocytes), which are used to functionally express foreign genes or cDNAs. 

The principal molecular constituent of thin filaments is actin. Actin has been highly conserved during the course of evolution and is present in all eukaryotes, including single-celled organisms such as yeasts. Actin was first extracted and purified from skeletal muscle, where it forms the thin filaments of sarcomeres. It also is the main contractile protein of smooth muscle. Refined techniques for the detection of small amounts of actin (e.g., immunofluorescence microscopy, gel electrophoresis, and EM cytochemistry) subsequently confirmed the presence of actin in a great variety of nonmuscle cells. Muscle and nonmuscle actins are encoded by different genes and are isoforms. 

Although many prokaryotic organisms are single-celled (unicellular), some exist as multicellular filaments or collections of cells. Eukaryotic organisms may be unicellular or multicellular. Most eukaryotic cells are at least 5 pm in diameter, but many are much larger. The cells of most prokaryotes are small, ranging from 0.2 to 1 / m in diameter, but a few are much larger. 

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It was tempting to base the study of membrane transport in eukaryotic cells on similar simple principles. For this purpose, as well as for molecular biology as a whole, the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae appeared to be the best suited organism. From early times on, this yeast has occupied a privileged place for mankind. Due to... 

From a genetical point of view, Saccharomyces cerevisiae is an ideal organism which may be considered the Escherichia coli of eukaryotic cells [4,5]. This is true in particular for the study of metabolic regulation and for that of membrane transport [6]. Finally, the astonishing resemblance between many yeast proteins and certain mammalian-cell proteins has seriously broadened the scope of interest. Although a few reports have appeared on amino acid transport in some other yeasts, most investigations in this field have used strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 

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