Planctomycete Bacterium's Internal Membranes Contain Nuclear Pore-Like Structures (IMAGE)

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Planctomycete Bacterium's Internal Membranes Contain Nuclear Pore-Like Structures

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Pore-like structures of the bacterium Gemmata obscuriglobus scattered over membrane released from lysed cells (transmission electron microscopy of a negatively stained preparation. The large type of pore-like structure has inner and outer concentric rings around a central plug, resembling the detailed organization of a eukaryote nuclear pore.

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Sagulenko et al (2017)

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