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Independent evolution of complex development in animals and plants: deep homology and lateral gene transfer
The evolution of multicellularity is a premier example of phenotypic convergence: simple multicellularity evolved independently many times, and...
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Volvox and volvocine green algae
The transition of life from single cells to more complex multicellular forms has occurred at least two dozen times among eukaryotes and is one of the...
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Whole transcriptome RNA-Seq analysis reveals extensive cell type-specific compartmentalization in Volvox carteri
BackgroundOne of evolution’s most important achievements is the development and radiation of multicellular organisms with different types of cells....
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First Expressed TFome of Physic Nut (Jatropha curcas L.) After Salt Stimulus
Physic nut ( Jatropha curcas L.), a small oleaginous tree spontaneously occurring in arid and semi-arid tropical regions, is a sustainable and...
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Uncovering tea-specific secondary metabolism using transcriptomic and metabolomic analyses in grafts of Camellia sinensis and C. oleifera
Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze and Camellia oleifera C. Abel (Theaceae) are closely related perennial woody shrubs, but the accumulation of...
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Transcription factors in microalgae: genome-wide prediction and comparative analysis
BackgroundStudying transcription factors, which are some of the key players in gene expression, is of outstanding interest for the investigation of...
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Transcriptome analysis of ripe and unripe fruit tissue of banana identifies major metabolic networks involved in fruit ripening process
BackgroundBanana is one of the most important crop plants grown in the tropics and sub-tropics. It is a climacteric fruit and undergoes ethylene...
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Transcriptome sequencing of rhizome tissue of Sinopodophyllum hexandrum at two temperatures
BackgroundSinopodophyllum hexandrum is an endangered medicinal herb, which is commonly present in elevations ranging between 2,400–4,500 m and is...
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Transcriptome-wide profiling and expression analysis of transcription factor families in a liverwort, Marchantia polymorpha
BackgroundTranscription factors (TFs) are vital elements that regulate transcription and the spatio-temporal expression of genes, thereby ensuring...
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Identification of transcription regulation associated proteins in plants and stramenopiles
The generation of biodiversity is tied to the evolution and re-wiring of gene regulatory networks (GRNs). One component of these GRN are...
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9aaTAD Prediction result (2006)
Recently reported, 9aaTAD transcription factors p53, VP16, MLL/ALL, E2A, HSF1, NF-IL6, NFAT1 and NF-kB interact directly with the general coactivator...
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The VARL Gene Family and the Evolutionary Origins of the Master Cell-Type Regulatory Gene, regA, in Volvox carteri
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii , Volvox carteri , and their relatives in the family Volvocaceae provide an excellent opportunity for studying how...
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Orthologs and paralogs of regA, a master cell-type regulatory gene in Volvox carteri
The multicellular green alga Volvox carteri forma nagariensis has only two cell types: terminally differentiated somatic cells and reproductive...
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Mitochondrial Genetics of the Budding Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Mitochondria are indispensable constituents of all eukaryotic cells. They are responsible for a series of processes such as the tricarboxylic cycle,...
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Regulation of Mitochondrial Gene Expression
The rudimentary genetic system of mitochondria retains only a few components of its ancestral prokaryotic genetic system. This physically and...
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An interspecies conserved antigen ofPlasmodium falciparum containing clusters of asparagine residues
An interspecies conserved Plasmodium asparagine rich antigen, designated as ARK26, was isolated by immunoscreening P. falciparum genomic DNA expression...
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P2X Receptors
Amines, amino acids, nucleotides, small peptides, and proteins all act in cell-cell communication. The first four classes of molecules have been...
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Molecular genetics of the peptidyl transferase center and the unusual Var1 protein in yeast mitochondrial ribosomes
Mitochondria posses their own ribosomes responsible for the synthesis of a small number of proteins encoded by the mitochondrial genome. In yeast, Sacc...
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SOM 1, a small new gene required for mitochondrial inner membrane peptidase function inSaccharomyces cerevisiae
IMP1 encodes a subunit of the mitochondrial inner membrane peptidase responsible for the proteolytic processing of cytochrome oxidase subunit 2...
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Normal protein folding machinery
A highly conserved protein folding machine has been maintained in the cytosol of both prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms and in eukaryotic...