Red macroalgae in the genomic era

M Borg, SA Krueger‐Hadfield, C Destombe… - New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Rhodophyta (or red algae) are a diverse and species‐rich group that forms one of three
major lineages in the Archaeplastida, a eukaryotic supergroup whose plastids arose from a …

[HTML][HTML] The Polycomb repressive complex 2 deposits H3K27me3 and represses transposable elements in a broad range of eukaryotes

T Hisanaga, F Romani, S Wu, T Kowar, Y Wu… - Current Biology, 2023 - cell.com
The mobility of transposable elements (TEs) contributes to evolution of genomes. Their
uncontrolled activity causes genomic instability; therefore, expression of TEs is silenced by …

RHO of plant signaling was established early in streptophyte evolution

H Mulvey, L Dolan - Current Biology, 2023 - cell.com
The algal ancestors of land plants underwent a transition from a unicellular to a multicellular
body plan. 1 This transition likely took place early in streptophyte evolution, sometime after …

Identification of plants' functional counterpart of the metazoan mediator of DNA Damage checkpoint 1

ZJ Lorković, M Klingenbrunner, CH Cho, F Berger - EMBO reports, 2024 - embopress.org
Induction of DNA damage triggers rapid phosphorylation of the histone H2A. X (γH2A. X). In
animals, mediator of DNA damage checkpoint 1 (MDC1) binds γH2A. X through a tandem …

Mechanisms of adaptation and evolution in Toxoplasma gondii

SO Angel, L Vanagas, AM Alonso - Molecular and Biochemical …, 2024 - Elsevier
Toxoplasma has high host flexibility, infecting all nucleated cells of mammals and birds. This
implies that during its infective process the parasite must constantly adapt to different …

Revised classification of the Cyanidiophyceae based on plastid genome data with descriptions of the Cavernulicolales ord. nov. and Galdieriales ord. nov …

SI Park, CH Cho, C Ciniglia, TY Huang… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The Cyanidiophyceae, an extremophilic red algal class, is distributed worldwide in extreme
environments. Species grow either in acidic hot environments or in dim light conditions …

A k-mer-Based Approach for Phylogenetic Classification of Taxa in Environmental Genomic Data

J Van Etten, TG Stephens, D Bhattacharya - Systematic biology, 2023 - academic.oup.com
In the age of genome sequencing, whole-genome data is readily and frequently generated,
leading to a wealth of new information that can be used to advance various fields of …

Origin of minicircular mitochondrial genomes in red algae

Y Lee, CH Cho, C Noh, JH Yang, SI Park… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Eukaryotic organelle genomes are generally of conserved size and gene content within
phylogenetic groups. However, significant variation in genome structure may occur. Here …

The structure of PSI-LHCI from Cyanidium caldarium provides evolutionary insights into conservation and diversity of red-lineage LHCs

K Kato, T Hamaguchi, M Kumazawa… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
Light-harvesting complexes (LHCs) are diversified among photosynthetic organisms, and
the structure of the photosystem I-LHC (PSI-LHCI) supercomplex has been shown to be …

[HTML][HTML] Rapid development of increased neonicotinoid tolerance in non-target freshwater amphipods

J Jourdan, SETA Fadil, J Oehlmann, K Hupało - Environment International, 2024 - Elsevier
The comprehensive assessment of the long-term impacts of constant exposure to pollutants
on wildlife populations remains a relatively unexplored area of ecological risk assessment …