From unicellular protists to the largest megafauna and flora, all eukaryotes depend upon the
organelles and processes of the intracellular membrane trafficking system. Well-defined …

Ciliates are a diverse group of unicellular eukaryotes that vary widely in size, shape, body
plan, and ecological niche. Here, we review recent research advances achieved with ciliate …

Vertebrate pigmentation is a highly diverse trait mainly determined by neural crest cell
derivatives. It has been suggested that two rounds (1R/2R) of whole-genome duplications …

Osmoregulation is the homeostatic mechanism essential for the survival of organisms in
hypoosmotic and hyperosmotic conditions. In freshwater or soil dwelling protists this is …

Abstract Whole-Genome Duplications (WGDs) have shaped the gene repertoire of many
eukaryotic lineages. The redundancy created by WGDs typically results in a phase of …

Actin gene family is a divergent and ancient eukaryotic cellular cytoskeletal gene family, and
participates in many essential cellular processes. Ciliated protists offer us an excellent …

In this chapter we provide some tools to study the ciliary proteins that make it possible for
Paramecium cells to swim by beating their cilia. These proteins include many ion channels …

We examined sequence conservation and signatures of selection in Rab7 proteins across
11 Paramecium aurelia species, and determined the localization patterns of two P …

I studied the evolution and cell biology of Paramecium tetraurelia—a model ciliate with over
40,000 distinct protein-coding genes resulting from as many as three ancient whole-genome …

Aerolizini in aktinoporini so zanimivi predstavniki toksinov, ki tvorijo pore v membrani.
Najbolj so zastopani pri bakterijah, najdemo pa jih tudi pri vretenčarjih. Pri piškurjih je prišlo …