Despite the wealth of knowledge gained about intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) since
their discovery, there are several aspects that remain unexplored and, hence, poorly …

The unicellular alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is a classical reference organism for
studying photosynthesis, chloroplast biology, cell cycle control, and cilia structure and …

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 …

The multicellular green alga Volvox carteri and its morphologically diverse close relatives
(the volvocine algae) are well suited for the investigation of the evolution of multicellularity …

Cell-cell fusion is essential for fertilization and organ development. Dedicated proteins
known as fusogens are responsible for mediating membrane fusion. However, until recently …

Cilia, organelles that move to execute functions like fertilization and signal to execute
functions like photoreception and embryonic patterning, are composed of a core of nine-fold …

The cellular and molecular mechanisms that underlie species-specific membrane fusion
between male and female gametes remain largely unknown. Here, by use of gene discovery …

The role of the primary cilium in key signaling pathways depends on dynamic regulation of
ciliary membrane protein composition, yet we know little about the motors or membrane …

In unicellular and multicellular eukaryotes, fast cell motility and rapid movement of material
over cell surfaces are often mediated by ciliary or flagellar beating. The conserved defining …

Background Eukaryotes are classified as either haplontic, diplontic, or haplo-diplontic,
depending on which ploidy levels undergo mitotic cell division in the life cycle. Emiliania …