Algal Proteins/*genetics/*physiology

The Chlamydomonas genome reveals the evolution of key animal and plant functions.

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is a unicellular green alga whose lineage diverged from land plants over 1 billion years ago. It is a model system for studying chloroplast-based photosynthesis, as well as the structure, assembly, and function of eukaryotic …