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Literatures about Cyanidioschyzon merolae

Organellar Division

• Nishida K, Yagisawa F, Kuroiwa H, Nagata T, Kuroiwa T.
  Cell cycle-regulated, microtubule-independent organelle division in Cyanidioschyzon merolae.
  Mol Biol Cell. 2005 May;16(5):2493-2502.
• Nishida K, Misumi O, Yagisawa F, Kuroiwa H, Nagata T, Kuroiwa T.
  Triple immunofluorescent labeling of FtsZ, dynamin, and EF-Tu reveals a loose association between the inner and outer membrane mitochondrial division machinery in the red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae.
  J Histochem Cytochem. 2004 Jul;52(7):843-849.
• Miyagishima S, Nozaki H, Nishida K, Nishida K, Matsuzaki M, Kuroiwa T.
  Two types of FtsZ proteins in mitochondria and red-lineage chloroplasts: The duplication of FtsZ is implicated in endosymbiosis.
  J Mol Evol. 2004 Mar;58(3):291-303.
• Miyagishima S, Nishida K, Kuroiwa T.
  An evolutionary puzzle: chloroplast and mitochondrial division rings.
  Trends Plant Sci. 2003 Sep;8(9):432-438.
• Miyagishima S, Nishida K, Mori T, Matsuzaki M, Higashiyama T, Kuroiwa H, Kuroiwa T.
  A plant-specific dynamin-related protein forms a ring at the chloroplast division site.
  Plant Cell. 2003 Mar;15(3):655-665.
• Nishida K, Takahara M, Miyagishima S, Kuroiwa H, Matsuzaki M, Kuroiwa T.
  Dynamic recruitment of dynamin for final mitochondrial severance in a red alga.
  Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2003 Feb 18;100(4):2146-2151.
• Takahara M, Kuroiwa H, Miyagishima S, Mori T, Kuroiwa T.
  Localization of the mitochondrial FtsZ protein in a dividing mitochondrion.
  Cytologia. 2001 Dec;66(4):421-425.
• Miyagishima S, Takahara M, Mori T, Kuroiwa H, Higashiyama T, Kuroiwa T.
  Plastid division is driven by a complex mechanism that involves differential transition of the bacterial and eukaryotic division rings.
  Plant Cell. 2001 Oct;13(10):2257-68.
• Miyagishima S, Kuroiwa H, Kuroiwa T.
  The timing and manner of disassembly of the apparatuses for chloroplast and mitochondrial division in the red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae.
  Planta. 2001 Mar;212(4):517-28.
• Miyagishima S, Takahara M, Kuroiwa T.
  Novel filaments 5 nm in diameter constitute the cytosolic ring of the plastid division apparatus.
  Plant Cell. 2001 Mar;13(3):707-21.
• Takahara M, Takahashi H, Matsunaga S, Miyagishima S, Takano H, Sakai A, Kawano S, Kuroiwa T.
  A putative mitochondrial ftsZ gene is present in the unicellular primitive red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae.
  Mol Gen Genet. 2000 Nov;264(4):452-60.
• Kuroiwa T.
  The discovery of the division apparatus of plastids and mitochondria.
  J Electron Microsc (Tokyo). 2000;49(1):123-34.
• Itoh R, Takano H, Ohta N, Miyagishima S, Kuroiwa H, Kuroiwa T.
  Two ftsH-family genes encoded in the nuclear and chloroplast genomes of the primitive red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae.
  Plant Mol Biol. 1999 Oct;41(3):321-37.
• Miyagishima S, Itoh R, Aita S, Kuroiwa H, Kuroiwa T.
  Isolation of dividing chloroplasts with intact plastid-dividing rings from a synchronous culture of the unicellular red alga cyanidioschyzon merolae
  Planta. 1999 Sep;209(3):371-5.
• Kuroiwa T, Takahara M, Miyagishima S, Ohashi Y, Kawamura F, Kuroiwa H.
  The FtsZ protein is not located on outer plastid dividing rings.
  Cytologia. 1999 Sep;64(3):333-342.
• Miyagishima S, Itoh R, Toda K, Kuroiwa H, Nishimura M, Kuroiwa T.
  Microbody proliferation and segregation cycle in the single-microbody alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae.
  Planta. 1999 May;208(3):326-336.
• Miyagishima S, Itoh R, Toda K, Kuroiwa H, Kuroiwa T.
  Real-time analyses of chloroplast and mitochondrial division and differences in the behavior of their dividing rings during contraction.
  Planta. 1999 Jan;207(3):343-353.
• Itoh R, Kuroiwa T.
  Mechanism and evolution of organelle division. In J. Seckbach ed., Enigmatic Microorganisms and Life in Extreme Environments.
  Kluwer Academic publishers, Dordrecht. 1999;447-463.
• Miyagishima S, Itoh R, Toda K, Takahashi H, Kuroiwa H, Kuroiwa T.
  Orderly formation of the double ring structures for plastid and mitochondrial division in the unicellular red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae.
  Planta. 1998 Nov;206(4):551-560.
• Miyagishima S, Itoh R, Toda K, Takahashi H, Kuroiwa H, Kuroiwa T.
  Visualization of the microbody division in Cyanidioschyzon merolae with the fluorochrome brilliant sulfoflavin.
  Protoplasma. 1998;201(1/2):115-119.
• Miyagishima S, Itoh R, Toda K, Takahashi H, Kuroiwa H, Kuroiwa T.
  Identification of a triple ring structure involved in plastid division in the primitive red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae.
  J Electron Microsc. 1998;47(3):269-272.
• Kuroiwa T, Kuroiwa H, Sakai A, Takahashi H, Toda K, Itoh R.
  The division apparatus of plastids and mitochondria.
  Int Rev Cytol. 1998;181:1-41.
• Kuroiwa T.
  The primitive red algae: Cyanidium caldarium and Cyanidioschyzon merolae as model system for investigating the dividing apparatus of mitochondria and plastids.
  BioEssays. 1998;20:344-354.
• Itoh R, Takahashi H, Toda K, Kuroiwa H, Kuroiwa T.
  Checkpoint control on mitochondrial division in Cyanidioschyzon merolae.
  Protoplasma. 1997;196(3/4):135-141.
• Itoh R, Takahashi H, Toda K, Kuroiwa H, Kuroiwa T.
  Aphidicolin uncouples the chloroplast division cycle from the mitotic cycle in the unicellular red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae.
  Eur J Cell Biol. 1996 Nov;71(3):303-10.
• Terui S, Suzuki K, Takahashi H, Itoh R, Kuroiwa T.
  Synchronization of chloroplast division in the ultramicroalga Cyanidioschyzon merolae (Rhodophyta) by treatment with light and aphidicolin.
  J Phycol. 1995;31(6):958-961.
• Kuroiwa T, Suzuki K, Itou R, Toda K, O'Keefe TC, Kuroiwa H.
  Mitochondria-dividing ring: ultrastructural basis for the mechanism of mitochondrial division in Cyanidioschyzon merolae.
  Protoplasma. 1995;186(1/2):12-23.
• Suzuki K, Ehara T, Osafune T, Kuroiwa H, Kawano S, Kuroiwa T.
  Behavior of mitochondria, chloroplasts and their nuclei during the mitotic cycle in the ultramicroalga Cyanidioschyzon merolae.
  Eur J Cell Biol. 1994 Apr;63(2):280-8.
• Kuroiwa T, Kuroiwa H, Mita T, Ohta N.
  Cyanidium caldarium as a model cell for studying division of chloroplasts. In J. Seckbach ed., Evolutionary Pathways and Enigmatic Algae: Cyanidium caldarium (Rhodophyta) and Related Cells.
  Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht. 1994;239-253.
• Kuroiwa T, Suzuki K, Kuroiwa H.
  Mitochondrial division by an electron-dense ring in Cyanidioschyzon merolae.
  Protoplasma. 1993;175(3/4):173-177.

Generic Cell Biology

• Kobayashi T, Takahara M, Miyagishima S, Kuroiwa H, Sasaki N, Ohta N, Matsuzaki M, Kuroiwa T.
  Detection and localization of a chloroplast-encoded HU-like protein that organizes chloroplast nucleoids.
  Plant Cell. 2002 Jul;14(7):1579-89.
• Toda K, Takahashi H, Itoh R, Saito C, Kuroiwa H, Kuroiwa T.
  Detecting cytoplasmic rRNA in the primitive red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae.
  Cytologia. 1996 Dec;61(4):439-442.
• Okuwaki T, Takahashi H, Itoh R, Toda K, Kawazu T, Kuroiwa H, Kuroiwa T.
  Ultrastructures of the Golgi body and cell surface in Cyanidioschyzon merolae.
  Cytologia. 1996 Mar;61(1):69-74.
• Suzuki K, Kawazu T, Mita T, Takahashi H, Itoh R, Toda K, Kuroiwa T.
  Cytokinesis by a contractile ring in the primitive red alga Cyanidium caldarium RK-1.
  Eur J Cell Biol. 1995 Jun;67(2):170-8.
• Kuroiwa T, Kawazu T, Takahashi H, Suzuki K, Ohta N, Kuroiwa H.
  Comparison of ultrastructures between the ultra-small eukaryote Cyanidioschyzon merolae and Cyanidium caldarium.
  Cytologia. 1994 Jun;59(2):149-158.
• Ohta N, Suzuki K, Kawano S, Kuroiwa T.
  Direct evidence of mitochondrial nuclear division in the ultra-micro alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae.
  Cytologia. 1993;58(4):471-476.

Molecular Analysis

• Minoda A, Nagasawa K, Hanaoka M, Horiuchi M, Takahashi H, Tanaka K.
  Microarray profiling of plastid gene expression in a unicellular red alga, Cyanidioschyzon merolae.
  Plant Mol Biol. 2005 Oct;59(3):375-385.
• Minoda A, Sakagami R, Yagisawa F, Kuroiwa T, Tanaka K.
  Improvement of culture conditions and evidence for nuclear transformation by homologous recombination in a red alga, Cyanidioschyzon merolae 10D.
  Plant Cell Physiol. 2004 Jun 15;45(6):667-671.
• Maruyama S, Misumi O, Ishii Y, Asakawa S, Shimizu A, Sasaki T, Matsuzaki M, Shin-i T, Nozaki H, Kohara Y, Shimizu N, Kuroiwa T.
  The minimal eukaryotic ribosomal DNA units in the primitive red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae.
  DNA Res. 2004;11(2):83-91.
• Yagisawa F, Nishida K, Okano Y, Minoda A, Tanaka K, Kuroiwa T.
  Isolation of cycloheximide-resistant mutants of Cyanidioschyzon merolae.
  Cytologia 2004 Mar;69(1):97-100.
• Toda K, Takano H, Nozaki H, Kuroiwa T.
  The second serine acetyltransferase, bacterial-type O-acetylserine (thiol) lyase and eukaryotic-type O-acetylserine (thiol) lyase from the primitive red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae.
  J Plant Res. 2001 Sep;114(1115):291-300.
• Ohta N, Sato N, Kuroiwa T.
  The organellar genomes of Cyanidioschyzon merolae. In J. Seckbach ed., Enigmatic Microorganisms and Life in Extreme Environments.
  Kluwer Academic publishers, Dordrecht. 1999;139-149.
• Ohta N, Sato N, Kuroiwa T.
  Structure and organization of the mitochondrial genome of the unicellular red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae deduced from the complete nucleotide sequence.
  Nucleic Acids Res. 1998 Nov 15;26(22):5190-198.
• Toda K, Takano H, Miyagishima S, Kuroiwa H, Kuroiwa T.
  Characterization of a chloroplast isoform of serine acetyltransferase from the thermo-acidiphilic red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae.
  Biochim Biophys Acta. 1998 May 27;1403(1):72-84.
• Itoh R, Toda K, Takahashi H, Takano H, Kuroiwa T.
  Delta-9 fatty acid desaturase gene containing a carboxyl-terminal cytochrome b5 domain from the red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae.
  Curr Genet. 1998 Mar;33(3):165-70.
• Ohta N, Sato N, Nozaki H, Kuroiwa T.
  Analysis of the cluster of ribosomal protein genes in the plastid genome of a unicellular red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae: translocation of the str cluster as an early event in the rhodophyte-chromophyte lineage of plastid evolution.
  J Mol Evol. 1997 Dec;45(6):688-95.
• Ohta N, Sato N, Ueda K, Kuroiwa T.
  Analysis of a plastid gene cluster reveals a close relationship between Cyanidioschyzon and Cyanidium.
  J Plant Res. 1997 Jun;110(1098):235-245.
• Itoh R, Takahashi H, Toda K, Kuroiwa H, Kuroiwa T.
  DNA gyrase involvement in chloroplast-nucleoid division in Cyanidioschyzon merolae.
  Eur J Cell Biol. 1997 Jul;73(3):252-8.
• Suzuki K, Ohta N, Kuroiwa T.
  Isolation of the cell-nuclear, mitochondrial, and chloroplast DNA from the ultra-small eukaryote Cyanidioschyzon merolae.
  Protoplasma. 1992;171(1/2):80-84.

Genome Analysis

• Misumi O, Matsuzaki M, Nozaki H, Miyagishima SY, Mori T, Nishida K, Yagisawa F, Yoshida Y, Kuroiwa H, Kuroiwa T.
  Cyanidioschyzon merolae genome. A tool for facilitating comparable studies on organelle biogenesis in photosynthetic eukaryotes.
  Plant Physiol. 2005 Feb;137(2):567-585.
• Barbier G, Oesterhelt C, Larson MD, Halgren RG, Wilkerson C, Garavito RM, Benning C, Weber AP.
  Comparative genomics of two closely related unicellular thermo-acidophilic red algae, Galdieria sulphuraria and Cyanidioschyzon merolae, reveals the molecular basis of the metabolic flexibility of Galdieria sulphuraria and significant differences in carbohydrate metabolism of both algae.
  Plant Physiol. 2005 Feb;137(2):460-474.
• Hanikenne M, Krämer U, Demoulin V, Baurain D.
  A comparative inventory of metal transporters in the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and the red alga Cyanidioschizon merolae.
  Plant Physiol. 2005 Feb;137(2):428-446.
• Matsuzaki M, Misumi O, Shin-i T, Maruyama S, Takahara M, Miyagishima S, Mori T, Nishida K, Yagisawa F, Nishida K, Yoshida Y, Nishimura Y, Nakao S, Kobayashi T, Momoyama Y, Higashiyama T, Minoda A, Sano M, Nomoto H, Oishi K, Hayashi H, Ohta F, Nishizaka S, Haga S, Miura S, Morishita T, Kabeya Y, Terasawa K, Suzuki Y, Ishii Y, Asakawa S, Takano H, Ohta N, Kuroiwa H, Tanaka K, Shimizu N, Sugano S, Sato N, Nozaki H, Ogasawara N, Kohara Y, Kuroiwa T.
  Genome sequence of the ultrasmall unicellular red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae 10D.
  Nature 2004 Apr 8;428:653-657.
• Kuroiwa T, Nozaki H, Matsuzaki M, Misumi O, Kuroiwa H.
  Does cell size depend on the nuclear genome size in ultra-small algae such as Cyanidioschyzon merolae and Ostreococcus tauri?
  Cytologia 2004 Mar;69(1):93-96.
• Ohta N, Matsuzaki M, Misumi O, Miyagishima S, Nozaki H, Tanaka K, Shin-i T, Kohara Y, Kuroiwa T.
  Complete sequence and analysis of the plastid genome of the unicellular red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae.
  DNA Res. 2003 Apr 30;10(2):67-77.
• Kawashima T, Amano N, Higuchi S, Minezaki Y, Clowney L, Ishijima SA, Koike H, Aramaki H, Nunoshiba T, Kawamoto T, Yokoyama K, Kimura S, Makino K, Suzuki M.
  Nucleotide sequences of the plastid and nuclear chromosome I of the unicellular red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae.
  Proc Jap Acad Ser B. 2002 Dec;78B(10):299-304.
• Matsunaga S, Toda K, Kuroiwa T.
  Amplification of PFGE-separated chromosome-specific DNA by degenerate oligonucleotide-primed PCR (DOP-PCR).
  Biotechnol Tech. 1997 Jul;11(7):503-505.
• Takahashi H, Takano H, Yokoyama A, Hara Y, Kawano S, Toh-e A, Kuroiwa T.
  Isolation, characterization and chromosomal mapping of an actin gene from the primitive red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae.
  Curr Genet. 1995 Oct;28(5):484-90.
• Toda K, Takahashi H, Itoh R, Kuroiwa T.
  DNA contents of cell nuclei in two Cyanidiophyceae: Cyanidioschyzon merolae and Cyanidium caldarium Forma A.
  Cytologia. 1995 Jun;60(2):183-188.
• Takahashi H, Suzuki K, Ohta N, Suzuki T, Takano H, Kawano S, Kuroiwa T.
  An electrophoretic karyotype of Cyanidioschyzon merolae.
  Cytologia. 1993;58(4):477-482.
• Maleszka R.
  Electrophoretic analysis of the nuclear and organellar genomes in the ultra-small alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae.
  Curr Genet. 1993 Dec;24(6):548-50.

Biochemistry

• Kurano N, Ikemoto H, Miyashita H, Hasegawa T, Hata H, Miyachi S.
  Fixation and utilization of carbon dioxide by microalgal photosynthesis.
  Energy Convers Mgmt. 1995;36(6-9):689-692.
• Sechbach J, Gonzáles E, Wainwright IM, Gross W.
  Peroxisomal function in the Cyanidiophyceae (Rhodophyta) - A discussion of phylogenetic-relationships and the evolution of microbodies (peroxisomes).
  Nova Hedwigia. 1992;55(1-2):99-109.
• Gross W.
  Intracellular localization of enzymes of fatty acid-beta-oxidation in the alga Cyanidium caldarium.
  Plant Physiol. 1989 Dec;91(4):1476-1480.
• Zenvirth D, Voloka M, Kaplan A.
  Photosynthesis and inorganic carbon accumulation in the acidophilic alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae.
  Plant Physiol. 1985;77:237-239.
• De Luca P, Moretti A.
  Floridosides in Cyanidium caldarium, Cyanidioschyzon merolae and Galdieria sulphuraria (Rhodophyta, Cyanidiophyceae) Algae.
  J Phycol. 1983 Sept;19(3):368-369.
• Moretti A, Nazzaro R.
  Fatty acids in thermoacidophilic algae Cyanidium caldarium, Pleurococcus sulphurarius, Cyanidioschyzon merolae.
  Delphinoa Nuova Ser. 1981;21/22:3-11.
• Frederick JF, Seckbach J.
  Storage glucan and glucosyltransferase isozymes of Cyanidioschyzon merolae: A primitive eukaryote.
  Phytochemistry. 25(2):363-366.

Biogeography, Ecology and Systematics

• Nozaki H.
  A new scenario of plastid evolution: plastid primary endosymbiosis before the divergence of the "Plantae," emended.
  J Plant Res. 2005 Jul 20;118(4):247-255.
• Nozaki H, Matsuzaki M, Misumi O, Kuroiwa H, Higashiyama T, Kuroiwa T.
  Phylogenetic implications of the CAD complex from the primitive red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae (Cyanidiales, Rhodophyta)
  J Phycol. 2005 Jun;41(3):652-657.
• Nozaki H, Matsuzaki M, Misumi O, Kuroiwa H, Hasegawa M, Higashiyama T, Shin-i T, Kohara Y, Ogasawara N, Kuroiwa T.
  Cyanobacterial genes transmitted to the nucleus before divergence of red algae in the Chromista.
  J Mol Evol. 2004 Jul;59(1):103-113.
• Ciniglia C, Yoon HS, Pollio A, Pinto G, Bhattacharya D.
  Hidden biodiversity of the extremophilic Cyanidiales red algae.
  Mol Ecol. 2004 Jul;13(7):1827-1838.
• Nozaki H, Ohta N, Matsuzaki M, Misumi O, Kuroiwa T.
  Phylogeny of plastids based on cladistic analysis of gene loss inferred from complete plastid genome sequences.
  J Mol Evol. 2003 Oct;57(4):377-382.
• Nozaki H, Matsuzaki M, Takahara M, Misumi O, Kuroiwa H, Hasegawa M, Shin-i T, Kohara Y, Ogasawara N, Kuroiwa T.
  The phylogenetic position of red algae revealed by multiple nuclear genes from mitochondria-containing eukaryotes and an alternative hypothesis on the origin of plastids.
  J Mol Evol. 2003 Apr;56(4):485-497.
• Pinto G, Albertano P, Ciniglia C, Cozzolino S, Pollio A, Yoon HS, Bhattacharya D.
  Comparative approaches to the taxonomy of the genus Galdieria Merola (Cyanidiales, Rhodophyta).
  Cryptogamie Algol. 2003 Mar;24(1):13-32.
• Gross W, Heilmann I, Lenze D, Schnarrenberger C
  Biogeography of the Cyanidiaceae (Rhodophyta) based on 18S ribosomal RNA sequence data.
  Eur J Phycol. 2001 Aug;36(3):275-280.
• Cozzolino S, Caputo P, De Castro O, Moretti A, Pinto G.
  Molecular variation in Galdieria sulphuraria (Galdieri) Merola and its bearing on taxonomy.
  Hydrobiologia. 2000 Aug 15;433:145-151.
• Albertano P, Ciniglia C, Pinto G, Pollio A.
  The taxonomic position of Cyanidium, Cyanidioschyzon and Galdieria: An update.
  Hydrobiologia. 2000 Aug 15;433:137-143.
• Seckbach J.
  The first eukaryotic cells: Acid hot-spring algae. Evolutionary paths from prokaryotes to unicellular red algae via Cyanidium caldarium (Pre Rhodophyta) succession.
  J Biol Phys. 1995;20(1-4):335-345.
• Pinto G.
  Acid-tolerant and acidophilic algae from Italian environments.
  Giornale Botanico Italiano. 1993;127(3):400-406.
• Merola A, Castaldo R, De Luca P, Gambardella R, Musacchio A, Taddei R.
  Revision of Cyanidium caldarium. Three species of acidophilic algae.
  Giorn. Bot. Ital. 1981;115(4-5):189-195.
• De Luca P, Musacchio A, Taddei R.
  Acidophilic algae from the fumaroles of Mount Lawu (Java), locus classicus of Cyanidium caldarium Geitler.
  Giorn. Bot. Ital. 1981;115:1-9.
• Gambardella R, Moretti A, Musacchio A.
  Autoecologia ed ultrastruttura de alghe termoacidofile del nord e centro America.
  Delpinoa 1980;21:35-45.
• De Luca P, Gambardella R, Merola A.
  Thermoacidophilic algae of North and Central America.
  Bot. Gaz. 1979;140(4):418-427.
• Pinto G, Taddei R.
  Le alghe delle acque e dei suoli acidi italiani.
  Delpinoa 1978;18/19:77-106.
• De Luca P, Moretti A, Taddei R.
  Presence of Cyanidioschyzon merolae De Luca, Taddei, Varano in non-European acidic environments (USA and Indonesia).
  Delpinoa 1978;18/19:69-76.
• De Luca P, Taddei R, Varano L.
  'Cyanidioschyzon merolae': a new alga of thermal acidic environments.
  Webbia 1978;33(1):37-44.