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Characterization of CrMRP2 and CrPMA2 genes involved in heavy metals resistances in chlamydomonas reinhardtii /Chan, Chun Tat. January 2007 (has links)
Thesis (M.Phil.)--Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 97-112). Also available in electronic version.
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Septina de Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: estudos com foco em sua expressão e função / Septin of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: studies focused on its expression and functionCiol, Heloísa 03 May 2017 (has links)
Septinas fazem parte de uma família de proteínas de ligação ao nucleotídeo guanina e já foram encontradas em diversos eucariontes, mas nunca em plantas. Essas proteínas têm sido descritas como atuantes na citocinese, estruturação celular e exocitose, mas pouco se conhece do seu modo de ação. Além disso, as septinas mostraram-se capazes de se polimerizar em heterofilamentos altamente organizados, a partir da interação com outras septinas, mas as referências à existência e funcionalidade de homofilamentos de septinas permanecem escassas e controversas. Este trabalho visou caracterizar a função da septina da alga unicelular Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, um eucarionte modelo que divergiu há muito de um ancestral comum a plantas e metazoários, e que possui uma única septina, diferente dos demais eucariontes estudados até o momento. Para tal, foram realizados ensaios de duplo híbrido para detecção de possíveis proteínas parceiras à septina de C. reinhardtii, além de análise de expressão gênica em diferentes pontos do ciclo celular por PCR quantitativo (qPCR), silenciamento gênico por micro-RNA artificial de interferência e imunolocalização por microscopia confocal. Os ensaios de duplo híbrido retornaram duas possíveis proteínas parceiras de interação à septina de Chalmydomonas reinhardtii (CrSept) – S-Adenosyl-Homocysteine-Hydrolase (CrSAHH) e Subtilase-like-Serino-Protease (esporangina) – ambas relacionada à estrutura flagelar. A interação entre CrSept e CrSAHH não foi validada através das técnicas de pulldown e crosslinking, porém, os experimentos de imunolocalização da proteína in situ mostraram uma grande concentração de CrSept na base flagelar durante as fases G0, e G1, com mudança no perfil de localização para o citoplasma durante as fases S e M do ciclo celular, evidenciando uma participação da septina na estrutura flagelar e não excluindo a possibilidade de uma interação in vivo entre CrSept e CrSAHH. Análises do nível de expressão gênica de CrSept mostraram uma tendência de maior expressão do gene da septina durante o período claro, com redução na fase escura do ciclo celular, resultados que se assemelham aos observados pela análise qualitativa, por western blot, da expressão da proteína ao longo do ciclo celular. Os experimentos de silenciamento gênico, por fim, mostraram um possível fenótipo relacionado à redução de mRNA de CrSept, não observado no grupo controle. Estes resultados mostram que a CrSept possui caráter estrutural na alga verde C. reinhardtii, podendo atuar como suporte para outras proteínas durante a fase de crescimento celular. Além disso, localizações pontuais por toda a célula durante a fase de divisão celular sugerem que a CrSept desempenha um importante papel na manutenção da estrutura celular para a conclusão da divisão celular. / Septins belong to a family of proteins that bind guanine nucleotide and have been found in many eukaryotes, but never in plants. These proteins have been described in cytokinesis process, cell structure and exocytosis, but little is known about their way of action. Besides, septins are capable of polymerize in high organized heterofilaments when interacting with other septins, but references and functional studies of septins homofilaments remain controversial. This work aimed to characterize the function of the unique septin from the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, a model eukaryote organism that long diverged from a common ancestor to plants and Metazoans and that has a single septin. For that, yeast two-hybrid assays were conducted in search of possible partner proteins to C.reinhardtii, septin (CrSept); also, gene expression analyses by qPCR of different points of the cell cycle helped characterize the expression profile of the CrSept gene and gene silencing by artificial micro-RNA (amiRNA) and immunolocalization by confocal microscopy were used to enrich functional and localization studies. The yeast two-hybrid assays returned two possible partner proteins to CrSept - S-Adenosyl-Homocysteine-Hydrolase (CrSAHH) e Subtilase-like-Serino-Protease (sporangin) – both related to the flagella structure. The interaction among CrSept and CrSAHH could not be validated in vitro by pulldown or crosslink assays, however, the in situ immunostaining showed CrSept can mostly be found in punctual concentrated spots close to the base of the flagella during G0 and G1 phases of the cell cycle, which differs from the profile observed during phases S and M, where the protein can be observed as punctual spots through the whole cell. These results strengths CrSept role on the flagellar structure and do not exclude the possibility of an in vivo interaction between CrSept and CrSAHH. Gene expression analyses showed that septin is mostly expressed during the light part of the cycle, which is also observed at the protein quantitative analysis by western blot. Gene silencing experiments showed a possible phenotype in clones expressing amiRNA against CrSept, which was not observed on control group. Together, these results suggest CrSept has a structural role in C. reinhardtii and might work as a scaffold to other proteins during cell growth stage. Besides, punctual staining observed during mitosis suggests CrSept might help maintaining cell structure until cell division is completed.
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The accumulation of variance in fitness in clonal populations of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii in normal and stressful environments /Goho, Shaun. January 1997 (has links)
The work presented here investigates two basic properties of mutation rates in the unicellular chlorophyte Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. The first chapter is devoted to an investigation of the mutational heritability $ rm (V sb{M})$ of fitness in asexually propagated populations. This is the rate at which novel variation for fitness accumulates in a population. In two trials, values of $ rm V sb{M}$ = 4.5 and $4.7 times 10 sp{-3}$ of the environmental variance $ rm (V sb{E})$ were obtained. These values were at least an order of magnitude greater than estimates from other organisms of $ rm V sb{M}/V sb{E}$ for fitness or for quasineutral variation. The possibility that this was due to disruptive selection for types specialized for different parts of the culturing environment was investigated, and rejected. Other possible explanations, and future avenues for research, are discussed. / The second chapter extends the investigation from normal culturing conditions into stressful ones. Specifically, it considers the hypothesis that C. reinhardtii might increase its mutation rate as a general response to environmental stress. Stressed lines were found to display reduced mean fitness and an increased variance of fitness after being returned to normal culturing conditions. This was interpreted as evidence for increased mutation rates in treated lines relative to controls. Possible mechanisms underlying this phenomenon are discussed, along with suggestions for further research.
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Ecological and sexual divergence in experimental populations of ChlamydomonasChao, Vincent, 1973- January 2001 (has links)
Laboratory studies on speciation have revealed that selection must be disruptively applied on traits related to the mating system in order to produce deviations from random mating in experimental populations. One problem with these experiments, however, has been the complexity of the model organism used, most frequently Drosophila species. Due to the multi genic nature of the mating systems of such organisms, it has been difficult to obtain the necessary gene combinations that result in complete sexual isolation. In the present study, I have used a simple sexual organism, the unicellular green algae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, as a model for ecological and sexual differentiation. Disruptive selection was applied on the flagella, by selecting simultaneously for photo taxis and mating, behaviours for which these organelles are of fundamental importance. An asymmetric response to selection for photo taxis and zygote production was obtained in populations selected for conditions at opposite ends of the environmental spectrum used, differentiating these two populations in both movement capacity and mating efficiency. These results are discussed in relation to previous experiments on speciation and to the implications of future experimental studies on the same subject.
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Septina de Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: estudos com foco em sua expressão e função / Septin of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: studies focused on its expression and functionHeloísa Ciol 03 May 2017 (has links)
Septinas fazem parte de uma família de proteínas de ligação ao nucleotídeo guanina e já foram encontradas em diversos eucariontes, mas nunca em plantas. Essas proteínas têm sido descritas como atuantes na citocinese, estruturação celular e exocitose, mas pouco se conhece do seu modo de ação. Além disso, as septinas mostraram-se capazes de se polimerizar em heterofilamentos altamente organizados, a partir da interação com outras septinas, mas as referências à existência e funcionalidade de homofilamentos de septinas permanecem escassas e controversas. Este trabalho visou caracterizar a função da septina da alga unicelular Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, um eucarionte modelo que divergiu há muito de um ancestral comum a plantas e metazoários, e que possui uma única septina, diferente dos demais eucariontes estudados até o momento. Para tal, foram realizados ensaios de duplo híbrido para detecção de possíveis proteínas parceiras à septina de C. reinhardtii, além de análise de expressão gênica em diferentes pontos do ciclo celular por PCR quantitativo (qPCR), silenciamento gênico por micro-RNA artificial de interferência e imunolocalização por microscopia confocal. Os ensaios de duplo híbrido retornaram duas possíveis proteínas parceiras de interação à septina de Chalmydomonas reinhardtii (CrSept) – S-Adenosyl-Homocysteine-Hydrolase (CrSAHH) e Subtilase-like-Serino-Protease (esporangina) – ambas relacionada à estrutura flagelar. A interação entre CrSept e CrSAHH não foi validada através das técnicas de pulldown e crosslinking, porém, os experimentos de imunolocalização da proteína in situ mostraram uma grande concentração de CrSept na base flagelar durante as fases G0, e G1, com mudança no perfil de localização para o citoplasma durante as fases S e M do ciclo celular, evidenciando uma participação da septina na estrutura flagelar e não excluindo a possibilidade de uma interação in vivo entre CrSept e CrSAHH. Análises do nível de expressão gênica de CrSept mostraram uma tendência de maior expressão do gene da septina durante o período claro, com redução na fase escura do ciclo celular, resultados que se assemelham aos observados pela análise qualitativa, por western blot, da expressão da proteína ao longo do ciclo celular. Os experimentos de silenciamento gênico, por fim, mostraram um possível fenótipo relacionado à redução de mRNA de CrSept, não observado no grupo controle. Estes resultados mostram que a CrSept possui caráter estrutural na alga verde C. reinhardtii, podendo atuar como suporte para outras proteínas durante a fase de crescimento celular. Além disso, localizações pontuais por toda a célula durante a fase de divisão celular sugerem que a CrSept desempenha um importante papel na manutenção da estrutura celular para a conclusão da divisão celular. / Septins belong to a family of proteins that bind guanine nucleotide and have been found in many eukaryotes, but never in plants. These proteins have been described in cytokinesis process, cell structure and exocytosis, but little is known about their way of action. Besides, septins are capable of polymerize in high organized heterofilaments when interacting with other septins, but references and functional studies of septins homofilaments remain controversial. This work aimed to characterize the function of the unique septin from the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, a model eukaryote organism that long diverged from a common ancestor to plants and Metazoans and that has a single septin. For that, yeast two-hybrid assays were conducted in search of possible partner proteins to C.reinhardtii, septin (CrSept); also, gene expression analyses by qPCR of different points of the cell cycle helped characterize the expression profile of the CrSept gene and gene silencing by artificial micro-RNA (amiRNA) and immunolocalization by confocal microscopy were used to enrich functional and localization studies. The yeast two-hybrid assays returned two possible partner proteins to CrSept - S-Adenosyl-Homocysteine-Hydrolase (CrSAHH) e Subtilase-like-Serino-Protease (sporangin) – both related to the flagella structure. The interaction among CrSept and CrSAHH could not be validated in vitro by pulldown or crosslink assays, however, the in situ immunostaining showed CrSept can mostly be found in punctual concentrated spots close to the base of the flagella during G0 and G1 phases of the cell cycle, which differs from the profile observed during phases S and M, where the protein can be observed as punctual spots through the whole cell. These results strengths CrSept role on the flagellar structure and do not exclude the possibility of an in vivo interaction between CrSept and CrSAHH. Gene expression analyses showed that septin is mostly expressed during the light part of the cycle, which is also observed at the protein quantitative analysis by western blot. Gene silencing experiments showed a possible phenotype in clones expressing amiRNA against CrSept, which was not observed on control group. Together, these results suggest CrSept has a structural role in C. reinhardtii and might work as a scaffold to other proteins during cell growth stage. Besides, punctual staining observed during mitosis suggests CrSept might help maintaining cell structure until cell division is completed.
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Ecological and sexual divergence in experimental populations of ChlamydomonasChao, Vincent, 1973- January 2001 (has links)
No description available.
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The Genetic Basis of Adaptation to Novel Environments in Chlamydomonas ReinhardtiiBernhardt, Torsten January 1995 (has links)
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The accumulation of variance in fitness in clonal populations of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii in normal and stressful environments /Goho, Shaun. January 1997 (has links)
No description available.
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Respiratory mutants of chlamydomonasLown, Felicity Jane January 2001 (has links)
No description available.
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Transgenic chlamydomonas reinhardtii as an experimental system to study the regulation of carotenoid biosynthesis in green microalgaeWong, Ka-ho, January 2006 (has links)
Thesis (M. Phil.)--University of Hong Kong, 2006. / Title proper from title frame. Also available in printed format.
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