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Development of ultrastructure and experimental change in carotene composition of the eyespot in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii mutants

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Biogenesis of the ultrastructure of the eyespot in chloroplasts of a unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii has been studied. It has been ascertained that the development of eyespot structure correlates with the accumulation of carotenoids. Owing to their accumulation, the eyespot may have one to four layers of lipid/carotenoid globuli. It has been shown that only carotenes are accumulated in the eyespot globuli. It has been found for the first time that in mutants, the composition of carotenes in the eyespot may change together with the changes of their composition in chloroplast membranes.

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  1. Institute of Basic Biological Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Region, 142290, Russia

    V. G. Ladygin

  2. Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Region, 142290, Russia

    G. A. Semenova

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Original Russian Text © V.G. Ladygin, G.A. Semenova, 2013, published in Biofizika, 2013, Vol. 58, No. 6, pp. 1005–1012.

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Ladygin, V.G., Semenova, G.A. Development of ultrastructure and experimental change in carotene composition of the eyespot in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii mutants. BIOPHYSICS 58, 791–795 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0006350913060110

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