Rhodophyta (or red algae) are a diverse and species‐rich group that forms one of three
major lineages in the Archaeplastida, a eukaryotic supergroup whose plastids arose from a …

▪ Abstract Cytokinesis in plant cells is more complex than in animals, as it involves building a
cell plate as the final step in generating two cells. The cell plate is built in the center of …

Background Cell Theory, also known as cell doctrine, states that all eukaryotic organisms
are composed of cells, and that cells are the smallest independent units of life. This Cell …

The marine pennate diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum has become a model for diatom
biology, due to its ease of culture and accessibility to reverse genetics approaches. While …

The eukaryotic actin cytoskeleton is a highly dynamic framework that is involved in many
biological processes, such as cell growth, division, morphology, and motility. G-actin …

Background Morphogenesis on a cellular level includes processes in which cytoskeleton
and cell wall expansion are strongly involved. In brown algal zygotes, microtubules (MTs) …

The initiation of embryogenesis in the kelp Saccharina latissima is accompanied by
significant anisotropy in cell shape. Using monoclonal antibodies, we show that this …

The ultrastructure of mitosis and cytokinesis in Scytosiphon lomentaria (Lyngbye) Link
zygotes was studied by freeze fixation and substitution. During mitosis, the nuclear envelope …

Brown algae are an extremely interesting, but surprisingly poorly explored, group of
organisms. They are one of only five eukaryotic lineages to have independently evolved …

During cytokinesis in brown algal cells, Golgi-derived vesicles (GVs) and flat cisternae (FCs)
are involved in building the new cell partition membrane. In this study, we followed the …