Increasing vulnerability of plants to a variety of stresses such as drought, salt and extreme
temperatures poses a global threat to sustained growth and productivity of major crops. Of …

Fucoxanthin, the most abundant but nearly untapped carotenoid resource, is in the spotlight
in the last decade from various perspectives due to a wide range of bioactivities and healthy …

GATA factors are evolutionarily conserved transcription factors that are found in animals,
fungi, and plants. Compared to that of animals, the size of the plant GATA family is …

Diatoms are unicellular algae that accumulate significant amounts of triacylglycerols as
storage lipids when their growth is limited by nutrients. Using biochemical, physiological …

Diatoms outcompete other phytoplankton for nitrate, yet little is known about the
mechanisms underpinning this ability. Genomes and genome-enabled studies have shown …

Diatoms are the world's most diverse group of algae, comprising at least 100,000 species.
Contributing~ 20% of annual global carbon fixation, they underpin major aquatic food webs …

Transcription factors (TFs) are the main players in transcriptional regulation in eukaryotes.
However, it remains unclear what role TFs played in the origin of all of the different …

Oleaginous photosynthetic organisms such as microalgae are promising sources for biofuel
production through the generation of carbon-neutral sustainable energy. However, the …

Light is an essential source of energy for life on Earth and is one of the most important
signals that organisms use to obtain information from the surrounding environment, on land …

Environmental fluctuations affect distribution, growth and abundance of diatoms in nature,
with iron (Fe) availability playing a central role. Studies on the response of diatoms to low Fe …