Traditional bioinformatics is mostly about some 1-D linear sequences of gene, protein. A lot of efforts have been done to establish the databases, to design better searching algorithm or match system, etc. Many things in biology, however, cannot be expressed in 1-D sequences, such as the organism. It has a 3-D pattern. The frameworks at organism level can help us to understand the function of g...

The unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas offers a simple life cycle, easy isolation of mutants, and a growing array of tools and techniques for molecular genetic studies. Among the principal areas of current investigation using this model system are flagellar structure and function, genetics of basal bodies (centrioles), chloroplast biogenesis, photosynthesis, light perception, cell-cell recogn...