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The actin multigene family of
BMC Genomics, 2007 Background A Paramecium tetraurelia pilot genome project, the subsequent sequencing of a Megabase chromosome as well as the Paramecium genome project aimed at gaining insight into the genome of Paramecium.
Wagner Erika +5 more
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The Multigenic Sphingomyelin Synthase Family [PDF]
Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2006 Sphingomyelin (SM)3 is a vital component of cellular membranes in organisms ranging from mammals to protozoa. Its production involves the enzymatic transfer of a phosphocholine head group fromphosphatidylcholine to ceramide, yielding diacylglycerol in the process.
Geta Tafesse, F. +2 more
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Architecture, Chromatin and Gene Organization of Toxoplasma gondii Subtelomeres
Epigenomes, 2022 Subtelomeres (ST) are chromosome regions that separate telomeres from euchromatin and play relevant roles in various biological processes of the cell. While their functions are conserved, ST structure and genetic compositions are unique to each species ...
Susana M. Contreras +9 more
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Multigene families and vestigial sequences [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 1986 Random duplication and deletion events generate complex genomes carrying a large amount of dispensable sequences. We have simulated such events in a computer model. We followed the evolution of a genome carrying at least one copy of each type of gene.
W F, Loomis, M E, Gilpin
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Viruses, 2023 African swine fever (ASF), a viral disease caused by the African swine fever virus (ASFV), is associated with high mortality rates in domestic pigs and wild boars. ASF has been spreading since its discovery in wild boars in Korea in October 2019. Genomic
Garam Kim +8 more
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Species-Specific Duplication of Surface Antigen Genes in Paramecium
Microorganisms, 2022 Paramecium is a free-living ciliate that undergoes antigenic variation and still the functions of these variable surface antigen coats in this non-pathogenic ciliate remain elusive.
Marcello Pirritano +3 more
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Antigenicity and adhesiveness of a Plasmodium vivax VIR-E protein from Brazilian isolates
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2022 BACKGROUND Plasmodium vivax, the major cause of malaria in Latin America, has a large subtelomeric multigene family called vir. In the P. vivax genome, about 20% of its sequences are vir genes.
Ana Paula Schappo +10 more
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Inference of Selection Based on Temporal Genetic Differentiation in the Study of Highly Polymorphic Multigene Families [PDF]
, 2012 The co-evolutionary arms race between host immune genes and parasite virulence genes is known as Red Queen dynamics. Temporal fluctuations in allele frequencies, or the ‘turnover’ of alleles at immune genes, are concordant with predictions of the Red ...
Cock van Oosterhout +2 more
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Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 Guanylate binding proteins (GBPs) are paramount in the host immunity by providing defense against invading pathogens. Multigene families related to the immune system usually show that the duplicated genes can either undergo deletion, gain new functions ...
João Vasco Côrte-Real +14 more
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Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 1998 Most vascular plants can acquire phosphate from the environment either directly, via the roots, or indirectly, via a fungal symbiont that invades the cortical cells of the root. Here we have identified two cDNA clones (MtPT1 and MtPT2) encoding phosphate
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