The establishment of the mitochondrion is seen as a transformational step in the origin of
eukaryotes. With the mitochondrion came bioenergetic freedom to explore novel evolutionary …

Diatoms possess an impressive capacity for rapidly inducible thermal dissipation of excess
absorbed energy (qE), provided by the xanthophyll diatoxanthin and Lhcx proteins. By …

Photosynthesis is a unique process that allows independent colonization of the land by
plants and of the oceans by phytoplankton. Although the photosynthesis process is well …

An essential prerequisite for a controlled transgene expression is the choice of a suitable
promoter. In the model diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum, the most commonly used promoters …

Diatoms are major components of phytoplankton and play a key role in the ecology of aquatic
ecosystems. These algae are of great scientific importance for a wide variety of research …

Liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) have become a global health burden. For
this reason, determination of liver function plays a central role in the monitoring of patients …

Current efforts to technically use microalgae focus on the generation of fuels with a molecular
structure identical to crude oil based products. Here we suggest a different approach for …

The β-1,3-glucan chrysolaminarin is the main storage polysaccharide of diatoms. In contrast
to plants and green algae, diatoms and most other algal groups do not accumulate storage …

Diatoms are unicellular algae and important primary producers. The process of carbon fixation
in diatoms is very efficient even though the availability of dissolved CO 2 in sea water is …

Most genetic transformation protocols for the model diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum rely
on one of two available antibiotics as selection markers: Zeocin (a formulation of phleomycin …