Genome analysis and its significance in four unicellular algae, Cyanidioshyzon merolae, Ostreococcus tauri, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, and Thalassiosira pseudonana
Genome analysis and its significance in four unicellular algae, Cyanidioshyzon merolae, Ostreococcus tauri, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, and Thalassiosira pseudonana
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10.1007/s10265-007-0133-9
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发表时间:
2008-03
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2.8
通讯作者:
O. Misumi;Y. Yoshida;K. Nishida;T. Fujiwara;Takayuki Sakajiri;Syunsuke Hirooka;Y. Nishimura;T. Kuroiwa
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作者:
O. Misumi;Y. Yoshida;K. Nishida;T. Fujiwara;Takayuki Sakajiri;Syunsuke Hirooka;Y. Nishimura;T. Kuroiwa
Algae play a more important role than land plants in the maintenance of the global environment and productivity. Progress in genome analyses of these organisms means that we can now obtain information on algal genomes, global annotation and gene expression. The full genome information for several algae has already been analyzed. Whole genomes of the red algaCyanidioshyzon merolae, the green algaeOstreococcus tauriandChlamydomonas reinhardtii, and the diatomThalassiosira pseudonanahave been sequenced. Genome composition and the features of cells among the four algae were compared. Each alga maintains basic genes as photosynthetic eukaryotes and possesses additional gene groups to represent their particular characteristics. This review discusses and introduces the latest research that makes the best use of the particular features of each organism and the significance of genome analysis to study biological phenomena. In particular, examples of post-genome studies of organelle multiplication inC. merolaebased on analyzed genome information are presented.