Cyanidioschyzon merolae (eBook)

This comprehensive book highlights the importance of Cyanidioschyzon merolae (C. merolae), an ultrasmall unicellular red alga, as a model eukaryote organism. The chapters introduce recent studies on C. merolae, from culture, synchronization and isolation methods of nucleic acids, proteins and organelles for molecular biological and cytological analyses, as well as its application in genetic engineering of environmental-stress-tolerant crops and oil production. In addition to discussing recent advances based on the complete genome information and molecular biological techniques such as genetic modifications and bioinformatics, the book includes visualization aids demonstrating that both classical and recent imaging techniques of fluorescent and electron microscopy can be applied to analyses of C. merolae. This publication offers a definitive resource for both beginners and professionals studying C. merolae, particularly in t

he field of molecular biology, evolutionary biology, morphology, biochemistry and cell biology, as well as those interested in its applications in medical sciences and agriculture.

Tsuneyoshi Kuroiwa
Biological Imaging Center, Japan Women's University
Tokyo, Japan

Shinya Miyagishima
Department of Cell Genetics, National Institute of Genetics
Shizuoka, Japan

Sachihiro Matsunaga
Dept of Applied Biological Science, Tokyo University of Science
Chiba, Japan

Naoki Sato
Department of Life Sciences, University of Tokyo
Tokyo, Japan

Hisayoshi Nozaki
Department of Biological Science, University of Tokyo
Tokyo, Japan

Kan Tanaka
Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Kanagawa, Japan

Osami Misumi
Dept of Biological Science and Chemistry, Yamaguchi University
Yamaguchi, Japan

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This comprehensive book highlights the importance of Cyanidioschyzon merolae (C. merolae), an ultrasmall unicellular red alga, as a model eukaryote organism. The chapters introduce recent studies on C. merolae, from culture, synchronization and isolation methods of nucleic acids, proteins and organelles for molecular biological and cytological analyses, as well as its application in genetic engineering of environmental-stress-tolerant crops and oil production. In addition to discussing recent advances based on the complete genome information and molecular biological techniques such as genetic modifications and bioinformatics, the book includes visualization aids demonstrating that both classical and recent imaging techniques of fluorescent and electron microscopy can be applied to analyses of C. merolae. This publication offers a definitive resource for both beginners and professionals studying C. merolae, particularly in the field of molecular biology, evolutionary biology, morphology, biochemistry and cell biology, as well as those interested in its applications in medical sciences and agriculture.