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Chlamydomonas reinhardtii : Biological Rationale for Genomics 1
Author(s) -
DUTCHER SUSAN K.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of eukaryotic microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.067
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1550-7408
pISSN - 1066-5234
DOI - 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2000.tb00059.x
Subject(s) - chlamydomonas reinhardtii , chlamydomonas , biology , flagellum , chloroplast , biogenesis , functional genomics , basal body , genomics , phototaxis , genetics , computational biology , model organism , genome , microbiology and biotechnology , gene , mutant
.Chlamydomonas reinhardtii has been the subject of genetic, biochemical, cytological, and molecular analyses for over 50 years. It is an ideal model system for the study of flagella and basal bodies as well as the study of photosynthesis and chloroplast biogenesis, cell‐cell recognition and fusion, phototaxis, and secretion. It is clear that many of the genes identified in Chlamydomonas have homologs in land plants as well as animals. Thus, a genomic approach in Chlamydomonas will provide another important avenue for the understanding of important biological processes.