Genome sequence of the ultrasmall unicellular red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae 10D
- M. Matsuzaki, O. Misumi, T. Kuroiwa
- BiologyNature
- 8 April 2004
The results indicate that the C. merolae genome provides a model system with a simple gene composition for studying the origin, evolution and fundamental mechanisms of eukaryotic cells.
PDV1 and PDV2 Mediate Recruitment of the Dynamin-Related Protein ARC5 to the Plastid Division Site
- S. Miyagishima, J. Froehlich, K. Osteryoung
- Environmental ScienceThe Plant Cell Online
- 22 September 2006
The results indicate that plastid division involves the stepwise localization of FtsZ, PDV1, and ARC5 at the division site and that PDV 1 and PDV2 together mediate the recruitment of ARC5 to the midplastid constriction at a late stage of division.
Pollen Tube Attraction by the Synergid Cell
- T. Higashiyama, Shizu Yabe, T. Kuroiwa
- BiologyScience
- 24 August 2001
It is shown by laser cell ablation that two synergid cells adjacent to the egg cell attract the pollen tube, and a single synergid cell was sufficient to generate an attraction signal, and two cells enhanced it.
Genome Sequence of the Pea Aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum
- S. Richards, R. Gibbs, W. Hunter
- BiologyPLoS Biology
- 1 February 2010
The genome of the pea aphid shows remarkable levels of gene duplication and equally remarkable gene absences that shed light on aspects of aphid biology, most especially its symbiosis with Buchnera.
Identification of cyanobacterial cell division genes by comparative and mutational analyses
- S. Miyagishima, C. Wolk, K. Osteryoung
- BiologyMolecular Microbiology
- 1 April 2005
Comparisons and mutational analyses define more comprehensively the repertoire of genes involved in cyanobacterial cell division and suggest that cyanobacteria and Gram‐positive bacteria share specific division proteins.
The PLASTID DIVISION1 and 2 Components of the Chloroplast Division Machinery Determine the Rate of Chloroplast Division in Land Plant Cell Differentiation[C][W]
- K. Okazaki, Yukihiro Kabeya, S. Miyagishima
- BiologyThe Plant Cell Online
- 1 June 2009
It is suggested that the integration of PDV proteins into the division machinery enabled land plant cells to change chloroplast size and number in accord with the fate of cell differentiation.
PARC6, a novel chloroplast division factor, influences FtsZ assembly and is required for recruitment of PDV1 during chloroplast division in Arabidopsis.
- J. M. Glynn, Yue Yang, K. Osteryoung
- Materials ScienceThe Plant Journal
- 1 September 2009
PARC6, an ARC6-like protein unique to vascular plants, fulfills the role of coordinating the internal and external components of the chloroplast division complex, but that PARC6 has evolved distinct functions in the division process.
Complete sequence and analysis of the plastid genome of the unicellular red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae.
- N. Ohta, M. Matsuzaki, T. Kuroiwa
- BiologyDNA Research
- 2003
The phylogenetic results suggest that the Cyanidiophyceae, including C. merolae, are a basal clade within the red lineage plastids, and several genes that are rarely found in other plastid genomes are identified.
A Plant-Specific Dynamin-Related Protein Forms a Ring at the Chloroplast Division Site Article, publication date, and citation information can be found at www.plantcell.org/cgi/doi/10.1105/tpc.009373.
- S. Miyagishima, K. Nishida, T. Kuroiwa
- BiologyThe Plant Cell Online
- 1 March 2003
Results show that a dynamin-related protein also participates in chloroplast division and that its behavior differs from that of FtsZ and plastid-dividing rings that form before constriction at the site of division.
Plant-Specific Protein MCD1 Determines the Site of Chloroplast Division in Concert with Bacteria-Derived MinD
- H. Nakanishi, Kenji Suzuki, Yukihiro Kabeya, S. Miyagishima
- Biology, Environmental ScienceCurrent Biology
- 27 January 2009
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