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 …

Photosynthetic biomanufacturing in green algae; production of recombinant proteins for industrial, nutritional, and medical uses

BA Rasala, SP Mayfield - Photosynthesis research, 2015 - Springer
Recombinant proteins are widely used for industrial, nutritional, and medical applications.
Green microalgae have attracted considerable attention recently as a biomanufacturing …

Chlamydomonas as a model for biofuels and bio‐products production

MA Scranton, JT Ostrand, FJ Fields… - The Plant …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Develo** renewable energy sources is critical to maintaining the economic growth of the
planet while protecting the environment. First generation biofuels focused on food crops like …

Transgene expression in microalgae—from tools to applications

L Doron, N Segal, M Shapira - Frontiers in plant science, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Microalgae comprise a biodiverse group of photosynthetic organisms that reside in water
sources and sediments. The green microalgae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii was adopted as …

Establishing Chlamydomonas reinhardtii as an industrial biotechnology host

MA Scaife, GTDT Nguyen, J Rico, D Lambert… - The Plant …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Microalgae constitute a diverse group of eukaryotic unicellular organisms that are of interest
for pure and applied research. Owing to their natural synthesis of value‐added natural …

Turning a green alga red: engineering astaxanthin biosynthesis by intragenic pseudogene revival in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

F Perozeni, S Cazzaniga, T Baier… - Plant Biotechnology …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii does not synthesize high‐value
ketocarotenoids like canthaxanthin and astaxanthin; however, a β‐carotene ketolase …

Tubulin transport by IFT is upregulated during ciliary growth by a cilium-autonomous mechanism

JM Craft, JA Harris, S Hyman, P Kner… - Journal of Cell …, 2015 - rupress.org
The assembly of the axoneme, the structural scaffold of cilia and flagella, requires
translocation of a vast quantity of tubulin into the growing cilium, but the mechanisms that …

[BOOK][B] Smart buildings: Advanced materials and nanotechnology to improve energy-efficiency and environmental performance

M Casini - 2016 - books.google.com
Smart Buildings: Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology to Improve Energy Efficiency and
Environmental Performance presents a thorough analysis of the latest advancements in …

Dynamics of the IFT machinery at the ciliary tip

A Chien, SM Shih, R Bower, D Tritschler, ME Porter… - Elife, 2017 - elifesciences.org
Intraflagellar transport (IFT) is essential for the elongation and maintenance of eukaryotic
cilia and flagella. Due to the traffic jam of multiple trains at the ciliary tip, how IFT trains are …

The Bardet–Biedl syndrome protein complex is an adapter expanding the cargo range of intraflagellar transport trains for ciliary export

P Liu, KF Lechtreck - … of the National Academy of Sciences, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Bardet–Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a ciliopathy resulting from defects in the BBSome, a
conserved protein complex. BBSome mutations affect ciliary membrane composition …