Single-celled organisms monitor cell geometry and use this information to control cell division. Such geometry-sensing mechanisms control both the decision to enter into cell division and the physical orientation of the chromosome segregation machinery, suggesting that signals controlling cell division may be linked to the mechanisms that ensure proper chromosome segregation.

FOX1 gene encoding a multicopper ferroxidase is vital in iron metabolism in the single-celled green algae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Molecular characteristics of this gene have been extensively studied. However, little information is available about its regulatory factors in C. reinhardtii. In this study, we isolated a regulatory mutant of FOX1 gene by using an arylsulfatase gene driven by the ...

We examined the simultaneous effect of climate warming and light availability on the phytoplankton spring bloom using 1400 l (1 m depth) indoor mesocosms. The timing of the spring bloom was advanced both by warming and higher light intensity, but the influence of temperature on the phytoplankton community was stronger than the light effect. Warming affected phytoplankton directly and indirectly...

Arabinogalactan proteins (AGPs) have been implicated in a variety of plant development processes including sexual plant reproduction. As a crucial developmental event, plant sexual reproduction generally occurs inside an ovule embedded in an ovary. The inaccessibility of the egg cells, zygotes, and embryos has hindered our understanding of the importance of AGPs in the early events involving fe...

Abstract By the term, lattice structures are intended topologically ordered open-celled consisting of one or more repeating unit cells. Technological development and especially growth additive manufacturing (AM) industry allows innovative structural design, including complex structure. Selective laser melting (SLM) is an AM process that enables manufacture space filling structures. This work in...