The formation of resting cysts commonly found in unicellular eukaryotes is a complex and
highly regulated survival strategy against environmental stress that involves drastic …

Due to a scarcity of relevant data, the ornamental woody flower Rhododendron delavayi
Franch. is examined in the current study for its low temperature-induced floral bud dormancy …

Background Encystment is an important survival strategy extensively employed by microbial
organisms to survive unfavorable conditions. Single-celled ciliated protists (ciliates) are …

Noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs) make up to∼ 98% percent of the transcriptome of a given
organism. In recent years, one relatively new class of ncRNAs, long noncoding RNAs …

Resting cyst formation is a crucial process of cryptobiosis in protists. In colpodid ciliates, cyst
formation is accompanied by large-scale morphological changes such as changes of cell …

Free living ciliates are exposed to environmental challenges such as starvation, temperature
fluctuations, high population density and salinity variations. Ciliates lower their metabolic …

Ciliates usually with big cell sizes, complex morphological structures, and diverse life cycles,
are good model organisms for studying cell proliferation regulation of eukaryotes. Up to …

Ciliates coexisting in a habitat evolve different strategies to survive during the period of
unfavourable environmental conditions. In response to starvation, Pseudourostyla levis …