@inbook {3422, title = {The Ectocarpus genome and brown algal genomics}, booktitle = {Advances in Botanical Research}, series = {Genomic Insights into the Biology of Algae}, volume = {64}, year = {2012}, pages = {141-184}, publisher = {Elsevier}, organization = {Elsevier}, chapter = {5}, abstract = {

Brown algae are important organisms both because of their key ecological roles in coastal ecosystems and because of the remarkable biological features that they have acquired during their unusual evolutionary history. The recent sequencing of the complete genome of the filamentous brown alga Ectocarpus has provided unprecedented access to the molecular processes that underlie brown algal biology. Analysis of the genome sequence, which exhibits several unusual structural features, identified genes that are predicted to play key roles in several aspects of brown algal metabolism, in the construction of the multicellular bodyplan and in resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses. Information from the genome sequence is currently being used in combination with other genomic, genetic and biochemical tools to further investigate these and other aspects of brown algal biology at the molecular level. Here, we review some of the major discoveries that emerged from the analysis of the Ectocarpus genome sequence, with a particular focus on the unusual genome structure, inferences about brown algal evolution and novel aspects of brown algal metabolism.

}, issn = {0065-2296}, author = {Cock, J Mark and Sterck, L and Rouze, P and Scornet, D and Allen, A E and Amoutzias, G and Anthouard, V and Artiguenave, F and Aury, Jean-Marc and Beszteri, B and Billiau, K and Bonnet, E and Bothwell, John H and Bowler, C and Boyen, Catherine and Brownlee, C and Carrano, C J and Charrier, B and Coelho, S M and Collen, J and Corre, Erwan and Delage, L and Delaroque, N and Dittami, S M and Doulbeau, S and Elias, M and Farnham, G and Gachon, C M M and Gschloessl, B and Heesch, S and Jabbari, K and Jubin, C and Kawai, H and Kimura, K and Kloareg, Bernard and Kupper, F C and Lang, D and Le Bail, A and Leblanc, C and Lerouge, P and Lohr, M and Pascal Jean Lopez and Martens, C and Maumus, F and Michel, G and Miranda-Saavedra, D and Morales, J and Moreau, H and Motomura, T and Nagasato, C and Nelson, D R and Nyvall-Collen, P and Peters, A F and Potin, P and Poulain, J and Quesneville, H and Read, B and Rensing, S A and Ritter, A and Rousvoal, S and Samanta, M and Samson, G and Schroeder, D C and Segurens, B and Strittmatter, M and Tonon, T and Tregear, J W and Valentin, K and von Dassow, P and Yamagishi, T and Van De Peer, Y and Wincker, P} }