EPIGENETIC REGULATION IS INVOLVED IN THE FORMATION AND DIFFERENTIATION OF PROTOPLASTS IN THE MARINE GREEN ALGA BRYOPSIS PLUMOSA

When the cell membrane of the marine coenocytic green alga Bryopsis plumosa is destroyed, the protoplasm expelled into the seawater generates numerous protoplasts in vitro. Protoplasts were surrounded by a polysaccharide envelope from the beginning of formation, which acted in a similar way to the c...

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Published inPhycologia (Oxford) Vol. 56; no. 4; p. 111
Main Authors Kwak, M S, Klochkova, T A, Kim, G H
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Taylor & Francis Ltd 01.08.2017
Subjects
Algae
Aquatic plants
Aquatic sciences
Deoxyribonucleic acid
Developmental stages
Differentiation
DNA
DNA methylation
Epigenetics
Gene expression
Hypotheses
In vitro methods and tests
Lymphocytes B
Membranes
Polysaccharides
Proteins
Protoplasm
Protoplasts
Rebuilding
Seawater
Studies
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Summary:When the cell membrane of the marine coenocytic green alga Bryopsis plumosa is destroyed, the protoplasm expelled into the seawater generates numerous protoplasts in vitro. Protoplasts were surrounded by a polysaccharide envelope from the beginning of formation, which acted in a similar way to the cell membrane until this developed within several hours. An abstract of the study by Kwak et al show that an epigenetic modification drives differential expression of the large gene sets specifically regulated at each developmental stage of the cell-rebuilding process in B. plumosa.
ISSN:0031-8884
2330-2968