Ectocarpus

Ectocarpus
E. siliculosus, from the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (1890-1907)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Gyrista
Subphylum: Ochrophytina
Class: Phaeophyceae
Order: Ectocarpales
Family: Ectocarpaceae
Genus: Ectocarpus
Lyngbye 1819

Ectocarpus is a genus of filamentous brown alga that includes a model organism for the genomics of multicellularity.[1][2] Among possible model organisms in the brown algae, Ectocarpus was selected for the relatively small size of its mature thallus and the speed with which it completes its life cycle.[3][4] Tools available for Ectocarpus as a model species include a high quality genome sequence[5] and both forward[6] and reverse genetic[7] methodologies, the latter based on CRISPR-Cas9.

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  2. ^ Cock, J. Mark (2023). "The model system Ectocarpus: integrating functional genomics into brown algal research". Journal of Phycology. 59: 4–8. doi:10.1111/jpy.13310.
  3. ^ Peters, A.F.; Marie, D.; Scornet, D.; Kloareg, B.; Cock, J.M. (2004). "Proposal of Ectocarpus siliculosus (Ectocarpales, Phaeophyceae) as a model organism for brown algal genetics and genomics". Journal of Phycology. 40 (6): 1079–1088. doi:10.1111/j.1529-8817.2004.04058.x. S2CID 86664046.
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  5. ^ Cormier, Alexandre; Avia, Komlan; Sterck, Lieven; Derrien, Thomas; Wucher, Valentin; Andres, Gwendoline; Monsoor, Misharl; Godfroy, Olivier; Lipinska, Agnieszka; Perrineau, Marie‐Mathilde; Van De Peer, Yves; Hitte, Christophe; Corre, Erwan; Coelho, Susana M.; Cock, J. Mark (2016-11-21). "Re‐annotation, improved large‐scale assembly and establishment of a catalogue of noncoding loci for the genome of the model brown alga Ectocarpus". New Phytologist. 214 (1). Wiley: 219–232. doi:10.1111/nph.14321. ISSN 0028-646X.
  6. ^ Macaisne, Nicolas; Liu, Fuli; Scornet, Delphine; Peters, Akira F.; Lipinska, Agnieszka; Perrineau, Marie-Mathilde; Henry, Antoine; Strittmatter, Martina; Coelho, Susana M.; Cock, J. Mark (2017-01-01). "TheEctocarpus IMMEDIATE UPRIGHTgene encodes a member of a novel family of cysteine-rich proteins that have an unusual distribution across the eukaryotes". Development. The Company of Biologists. doi:10.1242/dev.141523. ISSN 1477-9129.
  7. ^ Badis, Yacine; Scornet, Delphine; Harada, Minori; Caillard, Céline; Godfroy, Olivier; Raphalen, Morgane; Gachon, Claire M. M.; Coelho, Susana M.; Motomura, Taizo; Nagasato, Chikako; Cock, J. Mark (2021-07-10). "Targeted CRISPR‐Cas9‐based gene knockouts in the model brown alga Ectocarpus". New Phytologist. 231 (5). Wiley: 2077–2091. doi:10.1111/nph.17525. ISSN 0028-646X.