Microbial arms race: Ballistic “nematocysts” in dinoflagellates represent a new extreme in organelle complexity

We examine the origin of harpoon-like secretory organelles (nematocysts) in dinoflagellate protists. These ballistic organelles have been hypothesized to be homologous to similarly complex structures in animals (cnidarians); but we show, using structural, functional, and phylogenomic data, that nema...

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Published in:Sci Adv
Main Authors: Gavelis, Gregory S., Wakeman, Kevin C., Tillmann, Urban, Ripken, Christina, Mitarai, Satoshi, Herranz, Maria, Özbek, Suat, Holstein, Thomas, Keeling, Patrick J., Leander, Brian S.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5375639/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28435864
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1602552
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