New paper showing that an Asgard archaeon, the closest relatives to eukaryotes, has an actin cytoskeleton of twisted-pair filaments and complex cell morphologies! https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05550-y
Actin cytoskeleton and complex cell architecture in an Asgard archaeon - Nature
Culture and analysis of ‘Candidatus Lokiarchaeum ossiferum’—a member of the Asgard phylum—reveals an elaborate cell architecture with extensive membranous protrusions.
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Tim Stearns
