Circadian rhythms lit up in Chlamydomonas.
The Scripps Research Institute, Biochemistry Department, 10550 N, Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Recent work on the circadian clock of the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii strengthens its standing as a convenient model system for circadian study. It was shown to be amenable to molecular engineering using a luciferase-based real-time reporter for circadian rhythms. Together with the completed draft genomic sequence, the new system opens the door for genome-scale forward and reverse genetic analysis.
PMID: 16677428 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
PMCID: PMC1557987