Understanding nitrate assimilation and its regulation in microalgae

E Sanz-Luque, A Chamizo-Ampudia… - Frontiers in plant …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Nitrate assimilation is a key process for nitrogen (N) acquisition in green microalgae. Among
Chlorophyte algae, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii has resulted to be a good model system to …

A series of fortunate events: introducing Chlamydomonas as a reference organism

PA Salomé, SS Merchant - The Plant Cell, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The unicellular alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is a classical reference organism for
studying photosynthesis, chloroplast biology, cell cycle control, and cilia structure and …

The Chara genome: secondary complexity and implications for plant terrestrialization

T Nishiyama, H Sakayama, J De Vries, H Buschmann… - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
Land plants evolved from charophytic algae, among which Charophyceae possess the most
complex body plans. We present the genome of Chara braunii; comparison of the genome to …

[图书][B] The Chlamydomonas Sourcebook: Introduction to Chlamydomonas and Its Laboratory Use: Volume 1

EH Harris - 2009 - books.google.com
Dr. Harris has played a major role in the development of this organism as a model system.
Her previous version of the Chlamydomonas Sourcebook which published in 1989, has …

Algal Lipid Bodies: Stress Induction, Purification, and Biochemical Characterization in Wild-Type and Starchless Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

ZT Wang, N Ullrich, S Joo, S Waffenschmidt… - Eukaryotic …, 2009 - Am Soc Microbiol
When the unicellular green soil alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is deprived of nitrogen
after entering stationary phase in liquid culture, the cells produce abundant cytoplasmic lipid …

The hallmarks of cell-cell fusion

JM Hernández, B Podbilewicz - Development, 2017 - journals.biologists.com
Cell-cell fusion is essential for fertilization and organ development. Dedicated proteins
known as fusogens are responsible for mediating membrane fusion. However, until recently …

The plant RWP-RK transcription factors: key regulators of nitrogen responses and of gametophyte development

C Chardin, T Girin, F Roudier, C Meyer… - … of experimental botany, 2014 - academic.oup.com
The plant specific RWP-RK family of transcription factors, initially identified in legumes and
Chlamydomonas, are found in all vascular plants, green algae, and slime molds. These …

[HTML][HTML] Origins of eukaryotic sexual reproduction

U Goodenough, J Heitman - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2014 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Sexual reproduction is a nearly universal feature of eukaryotic organisms. Given its ubiquity
and shared core features, sex is thought to have arisen once in the last common ancestor to …

Systems-Level Analysis of Nitrogen Starvation–Induced Modifications of Carbon Metabolism in a Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Starchless Mutant

IK Blaby, AG Glaesener, T Mettler, ST Fitz-Gibbon… - The Plant …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
To understand the molecular basis underlying increased triacylglycerol (TAG) accumulation
in starchless (sta) Chlamydomonas reinhardtii mutants, we undertook comparative time …

A divergent RWP‐RK transcription factor determines mating type in heterothallic Closterium

H Sekimoto, A Komiya, N Tsuyuki, J Kawai… - New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The Closterium peracerosum–strigosum–littorale complex (Closterium, Zygnematophyceae)
has an isogamous mating system. Members of the Zygnematophyceae are the closest …