title: [Development of ultrastructure and experimental change in carotene composition of the eyespot in chlamydomonas reinhardtii mutants].
abstract: Biogenesis of the ultrastructure of the eyespot in chloroplasts of a unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii has been studied. It has been ascertained that development of the structure of the eyespot correlates with the accumulation of carotenoids. Due to their accumulation the eyespot forms from 1 to 4 lines of lipid-carotenoid globules. It has been shown that in globules of the eyespot only carotenes are accumulated. It has been found for the first time that in mutants the carotene composition in the eyespot may change due to the changes of their composition in chloroplast membranes.
mesh_terms: D002338:Carotenoids / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D016825:Chlamydomonas reinhardtii / Q000737:chemistry / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D002736:Chloroplasts / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D009154:Mutation
chemical_list: D002338:Carotenoids