Centrosomes of animal cells and spindle pole bodies of fungi are the major microtubule
nucleating centers. Recent studies indicate that their capacity to organize microtubule arrays …

The position of Chlamydomonas within the eukaryotic phylogeny makes it a unique model in
at least two important ways: as a representative of the critically important, early‐diverging …

Dr. Harris has played a major role in the development of this organism as a model system.
Her previous version of the Chlamydomonas Sourcebook which published in 1989, has …

In 1981 I established kingdom Chromista, distinguished from Plantae because of its more
complex chloroplast-associated membrane topology and rigid tubular multipartite ciliary …

In Chlamydomonas, the channel polycystin 2 (PKD2) is primarily present in the distal region
of cilia, where it is attached to the axoneme and mastigonemes, extracellular polymers of …

During mating of the alga Chlamydomonas, two biflagellate cells fuse to form a single
quadriflagellate cell that contains two nuclei and a common cytoplasm. We have used this …

All living cells interact dynamically with a constantly changing world. Eukaryotes, in
particular, evolved radically new ways to sense and react to their environment. These …

Microtubules perform essential and diverse functions in eukaryotic cells. They are required
for spindles during mitosis and meiosis, for axonal transport, for organelle positioning, and …

In spite of conspicuous differences in their polarized architecture, swimming unicellular
eukaryotes and migrating cells from metazoa display a conserved hierarchical interlocking …

The green lineage of chlorophyte algae and streptophytes form a large and diverse clade
with multiple independent transitions to produce multicellular and/or macroscopically …