Emrich-Mills and Yates et al. develop a method for the large-scale cloning of Chlamydomonas genes without sequence length or complexity limits. The Plant Cell (2021) https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab024 By Tom Z. Emrich-Mills, Gary Yates, and Luke C.M. Mackinder Background: Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is a single-celled alga that shares similar cellular machinery to plants, making it a useful model […]
Olga Blifernez-Klassen and colleagues identify a minimal NAB1 promoter that confers responsiveness to low CO2 supply and the transcription factor LCRF that mediates NAB1 upregulation. By Olga Blifernez-Klassen and Lutz Wobbe, Algae Biotechnology and Bioenergy, Bielefeld University, Faculty of Biology, Center for Biotechnology (CeBiTec), Bielefeld, Germany Background: Photosynthetic organisms are constantly exposed to a fluctuating […]
Choi et al. uncover the association between telomere length and flowering time variation in Arabidopsis, rice, and maize. The Plant Cell (2021) https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab022 Background: Telomeres are DNA-protein complexes found at the ends of eukaryotic chromosomes that protect the genome from instability and damage. In humans, telomeres shorten each time a cell divides, and accelerated […]
Lv et al. investigate the molecular basis for the specific regulation of FT by CONSTANS. The Plant Cell (2021) https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab016 By Xinchen Lv and Jiamu Du Background: During the floral transition, plants perceive various environmental and endogenous signals to trigger the switch from vegetative growth to reproductive growth by precisely regulating key flowering integrator genes. […]
Martínez-Cruz et al. identify fungal effectors with chitinase activity, which suppress chitin-triggered immunity. by Jesús Martínez-Cruza,b, Diego Romeroa,b, Jesús Hierrezueloa,b, Michael Thonc, Antonio de Vicentea,b and Alejandro Pérez-Garcíaa,b aDepartamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Málaga, 29071 Málaga, Spain bInstituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea “La Mayora”, Universidad de Málaga, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones […]
Winkler et al. describe a tool to visualize and quantify protein-protein interactions inside Nicotiana benthamiana cells. The Plant Cell (2021) https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab004 Background: Interactions between proteins (protein-protein interactions, PPIs) are an essential aspect of how life works. We aimed to design a tool with unique features and broad applications to test PPIs. Optimally, our tool would […]
By Rory J. Craig, Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh Craig and colleagues report the sequencing and gene annotations of close and more distant relative of the unicellular alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, an emerging model organism for plant biology. Background: The single-cell green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is one of the most important species for the […]
By Patrice Salomé, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA Salomé and Merchant analyze hundreds of RNA-seq samples in the single-cell green alga and discover vast co-expression potential and surprising residual synchronized expression across samples derived from cultures grown in constant light. Background: Transcriptome deep sequencing (RNA-seq) has become a routine method to […]
Ma, Salomé and colleagues use single cell RNA-seq (scRNA-seq) on the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii as a proof-of-concept for the application of this method to unicellular algae. By Patrice A. Salomé, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA* Background: The sequenced genome of the unicellular photosynthetic alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii opened the doors for a multitude […]