image: Immunofluorescence microscopy image of Chlamydomonas cells labeled with antibodies to acetylated alpha tubulin (green) and an HA-tagged intraflagellar transport particle protein (red). The anti-tubulin antibody labels flagella, basal bodies, and the microtubular rootlets that emanate from the basal bodies; the intraflagellar transport protein is localized to the basal bodies and the flagella. Chlamydomonas is often used as a model for studying the assembly of flagella, which in this case have been amputated and are just beginning to regenerate. This image relates to an article that appeared in the Oct. 12, 2007, issue of the journal Science, published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. Sabeeha S. Merchant and colleagues at the University of California, Los Angeles in Los Angeles, was titled "The Chlamydomonas Genome Reveals the Evolution of Key Animal and Plant Functions." view more
Credit: Image courtesy of Courtesy Karl-Ferdinand Lechtreck and George B. Witman