The repeated evolution of multicellularity across the tree of life has profoundly affected the
ecology and evolution of nearly all life on Earth. Many of these origins were in different …

Chara has been used as a model for decades in the field of plant physiology, enabling the
investigation of fundamental physiological processes. In electrophysiological studies, Chara …

Chara braunii is a model for early land plant evolution and terrestrialization. Salt stress has a
profound effect on water and ion transport activities, thereby interacting with many other …

Unfavorable environmental conditions—abiotic stress—constitute one of the key drivers of
evolution leading to environmental adaptation. Since the start of industrial revolution, natural …

This work describes the characean internodal cell as a model system for the study of wound
healing and compares wounds induced by certain chemicals and UV irradiation with …

Charophytes are aquatic macrophytes with a complex morphology that belong to the
Streptophytina phylum. The high degree of morphological plasticity in the genus Chara has …

RAB5 GTPases are important regulators of endosomal membrane traffic in yeast, plants, and
animals. A specific subgroup of this family, the ARA6 group, has been described in land …

The Characeae are multicellular green algae with very close relationship to land plants.
Their internodal cells have been the subject of numerous (electro-) physiological studies …

Giant internodal cells of characean green algae have been widely used for studying cellular
physiology. This review emphasizes their significance for understanding cytoarchitecture …

Cytoplasmic streaming in plant cells is an effective means of intracellular transport. The
cycling of ions and metabolites between the cytosol and chloroplasts in illuminated cell …