Decryption of the survival "black box": gene family expansion promotes the encystment in ciliated protists.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Encystment is an important survival strategy extensively employed by microbial organisms to survive unfavorable conditions. Single-celled ciliated protists (ciliates) are popular model eukaryotes for studying encystment, whereby these cells degenerate their ciliary structures and develop cyst walls, then reverse the process under more favorable conditions. However, to date, the evolutionary basis and mechanism for encystment in ciliates is largely unknown. With the rapid development of high-throughput sequencing technologies, genome sequencing and comparative genomics of ciliates have become effective methods to provide insights into above questions.

Results

Here, we profiled the MAC genome of Pseudourostyla cristata, a model hypotrich ciliate for encystment studi

SUBMITTER: Jin D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10946202 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature