Brown algae (Phaeophyceae) are complex photosynthetic organisms with a very different
evolutionary history to green plants, to which they are only distantly related 1 . These …

Brown algae share several important features with land plants, such as their photoautotrophic
nature and their cellulose‐containing wall, but the two groups are distantly related from an …

The brown algae (Phaeophyceae) are a group of multicellular heterokonts that are ubiquitous
in today’s oceans. Large brown algae from multiple orders are the foundation to temperate …

A wide variety of life cycles can be found in the different groups of multicellular eukaryotes.
Here we provide an overview of this variety, and review some of the theoretical arguments …

• Brown algal cell walls share some components with plants (cellulose) and animals (sulfated
fucans), but they also contain some unique polysaccharides (alginates). Analysis of the …

Red seaweeds are key components of coastal ecosystems and are economically important
as food and as a source of gelling agents, but their genes and genomes have received little …

The receptor kinase superfamily in plants includes a large number of genes, but very little is
known about the ligands that bind to these receptors. In the Arabidopsis genome, for …

The self-incompatibility response in Brassica allows recognition and rejection of self-pollen
by the stigmatic papillae. The transmembrane S-locus receptor kinase (SRK), a member of …

Background The heterokonts are a particularly interesting group of eukaryotic organisms;
they include many key species of planktonic and coastal algae and several important …

A receptor-like kinase, SRK, has been implicated in the autoincompatible response that
leads to the rejection of self-pollen in Brassica plants. SRK is encoded by one member of a …