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Functional roles of mastigonemes in Ectocarpus gamete swimming revealed by CRISPR-Cas9 mutagenesis.
Protoplasma - 1 May 2026
Harada Minori, Fu Gang, Badis Yacine, Cock J Mark, Coelho Susana M, Nagasato Chikako, Motomura Taizo
Abstract excerpt
Mastigonemes on the anterior flagellum (AF) of flagellated Stramenopiles (which includes diverse organisms such as diatoms, brown algae, oomycetes and others) are tripartite tubular structures. We investigated the functions of mastigonemes in gametes of the brown alga Ectocarpus species 7 strain Ec32 using a mas1 mutant generated by CRISPR-Cas9. Loss of mastigonemes in the mas1 mutant gametes could be confirmed...
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