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Sabeeha S. Merchant

Researcher at University of California, Berkeley

Publications -  231
Citations -  21730

Sabeeha S. Merchant is an academic researcher from University of California, Berkeley. The author has contributed to research in topics: Chlamydomonas reinhardtii & Chlamydomonas. The author has an hindex of 76, co-authored 215 publications receiving 18733 citations. Previous affiliations of Sabeeha S. Merchant include Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory & California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences.

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The Chlamydomonas Genome Reveals the Evolution of Key Animal and Plant Functions

Sabeeha S. Merchant, +118 more
- 12 Oct 2007 - 
TL;DR: Analyses of the Chlamydomonas genome advance the understanding of the ancestral eukaryotic cell, reveal previously unknown genes associated with photosynthetic and flagellar functions, and establish links between ciliopathy and the composition and function of flagella.
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Redesigning photosynthesis to sustainably meet global food and bioenergy demand

TL;DR: This work explores an array of prospective redesigns of plant systems at various scales aimed at increasing crop yields through improved photosynthetic efficiency and performance, and suggests some proposed redesigns are certain to face obstacles that will require alternate routes.
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Relationship between nucleosome positioning and DNA methylation.

TL;DR: It is found that nucleosomal DNA was more highly methylated than flanking DNA and that DNA methyltransferases preferentially target nucleosome-bound DNA, indicating that the relationships between nucleosomes and DNA methyl transferases are conserved.
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The tiny eukaryote Ostreococcus provides genomic insights into the paradox of plankton speciation

TL;DR: It is speculated that this latter process may be involved in altering the cell-surface characteristics of each species, and selenoenzymes, novel fusion proteins, and loss of some major protein families including ones associated with chromatin are likely important adaptations for achieving a small cell size.