Centrioles: bad to be bald?
In the alga Chlamydomonas, mutation of the gene encoding the novel centriolar component Bld10p results in seemingly acentriolar cells. Remarkably, bld10 cells are viable, highlighting the question of whether or not centrioles are essential.
Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, USA.
Jessica L
JL
Feldman
Wallace F
WF
Marshall
D020418:Algal Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D000818:Animals; D002502:Centrioles / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D002696:Chlamydomonas / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D005407:Flagella / Q000235:genetics; D020043:Genes, Essential / Q000235:genetics; D008870:Microtubules / Q000502:physiology; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics; D015800:Protozoan Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D014404:Tubulin / Q000235:genetics
D020418:Algal Proteins; D015800:Protozoan Proteins; D014404:Tubulin