Endocytosis is said to be an exclusively eukaryotic property. Why did prokaryotes not develop this ability?
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Simplistic response to talmudic question #61. Rigid cell wall of prokaryotes required for sustained viability precludes the manifold membrane activities (clathrin coated pits, invagination and sequestration of extracellular materials, delivery to intracellular compartments etc. A journyman's guess I know but there are no real answers to talmudic quesions are there?
Regards, Peter Bonventre
Posted by: Elio Schaechter | May 03, 2010 at 10:14 AM