Prokaryotic Efficiency Apartment vs. Eukaryotic Mansion "I think of a prokaryote as a one-room efficiency apartment and a eukaryote as a $6 million mansion," says Erin Shanle, a professor in the ...

Typical prokaryotic (left) and eukaryotic (right) cells In prokaryotes, the DNA (chromosome) is in contact with the cellular cytoplasm and is not in a housed membrane-bound nucleus.

Prokaryotic cells, which include all bacteria and archaea, are ancient, and relatively simple compared to eukaryotic cells, which are found in fungi, plants, and animals. Scientists have long sought ...

Some prokaryotes, such as planctomycetes, exhibit phagocytosis-like behaviors, challenging the assumption that cellular engulfment was unique to early eukaryotes.3 This discovery implies that ...

There is a world of difference between eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells. The complexity of eukaryotic cells necessitates efficient and practical means of targeting proteins to desired cellular ...