Peroxisomes of higher eukaryotes, glycosomes of kinetoplastids, & glyoxysomes of plants are related microbody organelles that perform differing metabolic functions tailored to their cellular environments. The close evolutionary relationship of these organelles is most clearly evidenced by the conservation of proteins involved in matrix protein import and biogenesis.
glycosome can be viewed as an offshoot of the peroxisomal lineage with additional metabolic functions, specifically glycolysi - [Read Biogenesis and Function of Peroxisomes and Glycosomes]
Describe the use of replication-incompetent retroviral vectors for the analysis of lineal relationships in developing vertebrate tissues. An overview of the relevant aspects of the retroviral life cycle, and the strategies and current methods in use at their laboratory are described. - [Read Lineage Analysis Using Retroviral Vectors]