Extensive Tandem Duplication Events Drive the Expansion of the C1q-Domain-Containing Gene Family in Bivalves

Derivatives of the lectin complement pathway in Lophotrochozoa

(2019) Alexander M. Gorbushin   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

A C1qDC (CgC1qDC-6) with a collagen-like domain mediates hemocyte phagocytosis and migration in oysters

(2019) Huan Li et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

ModelTest-NG: A New and Scalable Tool for the Selection of DNA and Protein Evolutionary Models

(2019) Diego Darriba et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Immune recognition, antimicrobial and opsonic activities mediated by a sialic acid binding lectin from Ruditapes philippinarum

(2019) Shengqiang Li et al.   FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY

A novel C1q-domain-containing protein from razor clam Sinonovacula constricta mediates G-bacterial agglutination as a pattern recognition receptor

(2018) Yi Cui et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Immune repertoire in the transcriptome of Littorina littorea reveals new trends in lophotrochozoan proto-complement evolution

(2018) Alexander M. Gorbushin   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Genetic and molecular basis of the immune system in the brachiopod Lingula anatina

(2018) Marco Gerdol et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Datamonkey 2.0: A Modern Web Application for Characterizing Selective and Other Evolutionary Processes

(2018) Steven Weaver et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

MEGA X: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis across Computing Platforms

(2018) Sudhir Kumar et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Posterior Summarization in Bayesian Phylogenetics Using Tracer 1.7

(2018) Andrew Rambaut et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Complement Component C1q: Historical Perspective of a Functionally Versatile, and Structurally Unusual, Serum Protein

(2018) Kenneth B. M. Reid   Frontiers in Immunology

OUP accepted manuscript

(2018)   DNA RESEARCH

A novel globular C1q domain containing protein (C1qDC-7) from Crassostrea gigas acts as pattern recognition receptor with broad recognition spectrum

(2018) Yanan Zong et al.   FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY

The transcriptomic expression of pattern recognition receptors: Insight into molecular recognition of various invading pathogens in Oyster Crassostrea gigas

(2018) Lingling Wang et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

The Whole-Genome and Transcriptome of the Manila Clam (Ruditapes philippinarum)

(2017) Seyoung Mun et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Carbohydrate recognition by the rhamnose-binding lectin SUL-I with a novel three-domain structure isolated from the venom of globiferous pedicellariae of the flower sea urchin Toxopneustes pileolus

(2017) Tomomitsu Hatakeyama et al.   PROTEIN SCIENCE

Adaptation to deep-sea chemosynthetic environments as revealed by mussel genomes

(2017) Jin Sun et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Multi-species protein similarity clustering reveals novel expanded immune gene families in the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica

(2016) Ian C. McDowell et al.   FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY

InterPro in 2017—beyond protein family and domain annotations

(2016) Robert D. Finn et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Bivalve-specific gene expansion in the pearl oyster genome: implications of adaptation to a sessile lifestyle

(2016) Takeshi Takeuchi et al.   Zoological Letters

A novel multi-domain C1qDC protein from Zhikong scallop Chlamys farreri provides new insights into the function of invertebrate C1qDC proteins

(2015) Leilei Wang et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

The genome of the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas brings new insights on the massive expansion of the C1q gene family in Bivalvia

(2015) Marco Gerdol et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Developing tools for the study of molluscan immunity: The sequencing of the genome of the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica

(2015) Marta Gómez-Chiarri et al.   FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY

A C1q domain containing protein from Crassostrea gigas serves as pattern recognition receptor and opsonin with high binding affinity to LPS

(2015) Shuai Jiang et al.   FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY

l -rhamnose-binding lectin from eggs of the Echinometra lucunter : Amino acid sequence and molecular modeling

(2015) Rômulo Farias Carneiro et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES

Gene-Wide Identification of Episodic Selection

(2015) Ben Murrell et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Massive expansion and functional divergence of innate immune genes in a protostome

(2015) Linlin Zhang et al.   Scientific Reports

Transcriptome Analysis Reveals a Rich Gene Set Related to Innate Immunity in the Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica)

(2013) Linlin Zhang et al.   MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY

FUBAR: A Fast, Unconstrained Bayesian AppRoximation for Inferring Selection

(2013) B. Murrell et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Generation of Tandem Direct Duplications by Reversed-Ends Transposition of Maize Ac Elements

(2013) Jianbo Zhang et al.   PLoS Genetics

A novel C1qDC protein acting as pattern recognition receptor in scallop Argopecten irradians

(2012) Leilei Wang et al.   FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY

The oyster genome reveals stress adaptation and complexity of shell formation

(2012) Guofan Zhang et al.   NATURE

Detecting Individual Sites Subject to Episodic Diversifying Selection

(2012) Ben Murrell et al.   PLoS Genetics

The Human C1q Globular Domain: Structure and Recognition of Non-Immune Self Ligands

(2012) Christine Gaboriaud et al.   Frontiers in Immunology

The C1q domain containing proteins of the Mediterranean mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis: A widespread and diverse family of immune-related molecules

(2011) Marco Gerdol et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Complement and non-complement activating functions of C1q: A prototypical innate immune molecule

(2011) Annapurna Nayak et al.   Innate Immunity

HMMER web server: interactive sequence similarity searching

(2011) R. D. Finn et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

The C1q domain containing proteins: Where do they come from and what do they do?

(2010) Tristan M. Carland et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

The evolution of gene duplications: classifying and distinguishing between models

(2010) Hideki Innan et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Bias in Plant Gene Content Following Different Sorts of Duplication: Tandem, Whole-Genome, Segmental, or by Transposition

(2009) Michael Freeling   Annual Review of Plant Biology

Distinguishing Among Evolutionary Models for the Maintenance of Gene Duplicates

(2009) M. W. Hahn   JOURNAL OF HEREDITY

RNA-based gene duplication: mechanistic and evolutionary insights

(2008) Henrik Kaessmann et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS