The plastid genome of some eustigmatophyte algae harbours a bacteria-derived six-gene cluster for biosynthesis of a novel secondary metabolite

A paneukaryotic genomic analysis of the small GTPase RABL2 underscores the significance of recurrent gene loss in eukaryote evolution

(2016) Marek Eliáš et al.   Biology Direct

Algae–bacteria interactions: Evolution, ecology and emerging applications

(2016) Rishiram Ramanan et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES

On the reversibility of parasitism: adaptation to a free-living lifestyle via gene acquisitions in the diplomonad Trepomonas sp. PC1

(2016) Feifei Xu et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Sequencing and analysis of the complete organellar genomes of Parmales, a closely related group to Bacillariophyta (diatoms)

(2016) Naoyuki Tajima et al.   CURRENT GENETICS

A Comparative Analysis of Mitochondrial Genomes in Eustigmatophyte Algae

(2016) Tereza Ševčíková et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Lipid Production from Nannochloropsis

(2016) Xiao-Nian Ma et al.   Marine Drugs

Interactive tree of life (iTOL) v3: an online tool for the display and annotation of phylogenetic and other trees

(2016) Ivica Letunic et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Bringing Bioactive Compounds into Membranes: The UbiA Superfamily of Intramembrane Aromatic Prenyltransferases

(2016) Weikai Li   TRENDS IN BIOCHEMICAL SCIENCES

Reconstructing the complex evolutionary history of mobile plasmids in red algal genomes

(2016) JunMo Lee et al.   Scientific Reports

Mutational Studies of Putative Biosynthetic Genes for the Cyanobacterial Sunscreen Scytonemin in Nostoc punctiforme ATCC 29133

(2016) Daniela Ferreira et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Wenyingzhuangia gracilariae sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium of the phylum Bacteroidetes isolated from the red alga Gracilaria vermiculophylla

(2015) Jaewoo Yoon et al.   ANTONIE VAN LEEUWENHOEK INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GENERAL AND MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

The chloroplast genomes of Bryopsis plumosa and Tydemania expeditiones (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta): compact genomes and genes of bacterial origin

(2015) Frederik Leliaert et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Lateral gene transfers and the origins of the eukaryote proteome: a view from microbial parasites

(2015) Robert P Hirt et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

KEGG as a reference resource for gene and protein annotation

(2015) Minoru Kanehisa et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

The Pfam protein families database: towards a more sustainable future

(2015) Robert D. Finn et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Recent events dominate interdomain lateral gene transfers between prokaryotes and eukaryotes and, with the exception of endosymbiotic gene transfers, few ancient transfer events persist

(2015) Laura A. Katz   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The phylogeny of the genusNannochloropsis(Monodopsidaceae, Eustigmatophyceae), with descriptions ofN. australis sp. nov. andMicrochloropsis gen. nov.

(2015) Marvin W. Fawley et al.   PHYCOLOGIA

The Plastid Genome of the Cryptomonad Teleaulax amphioxeia

(2015) Jong Im Kim et al.   PLoS One

Genomic perspectives on the birth and spread of plastids: Fig. 1.

(2015) John M. Archibald   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Integration of plastids with their hosts: Lessons learned from dinoflagellates

(2015) Richard G. Dorrell et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Evidence for horizontal transfer of mitochondrial DNA to the plastid genome in a bamboo genus

(2015) Peng-Fei Ma et al.   Scientific Reports

Updating algal evolutionary relationships through plastid genome sequencing: did alveolate plastids emerge through endosymbiosis of an ochrophyte?

(2015) Tereza Ševčíková et al.   Scientific Reports

De novo synthesis of a sunscreen compound in vertebrates

(2015) Andrew R Osborn et al.   eLife

Structure of a Sedoheptulose 7-Phosphate Cyclase: ValA from Streptomyces hygroscopicus

(2014) Kelsey M. Kean et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Galactaro δ-Lactone Isomerase: Lactone Isomerization by a Member of the Amidohydrolase Superfamily

(2014) Jason T. Bouvier et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

RAxML version 8: a tool for phylogenetic analysis and post-analysis of large phylogenies

(2014) Alexandros Stamatakis   BIOINFORMATICS

A pangenomic analysis of the Nannochloropsis organellar genomes reveals novel genetic variations in key metabolic genes

(2014) Shawn R Starkenburg et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Serial Gene Losses and Foreign DNA Underlie Size and Sequence Variation in the Plastid Genomes of Diatoms

(2014) Elizabeth C. Ruck et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Comparative transcriptome analysis ofDiscosporangium mesarthrocarpum(Phaeophyceae),Schizocladia ischiensis(Schizocladiophyceae), andPhaeothamnion confervicola(Phaeothamniophyceae), with special reference to cell wall-related genes

(2014) Takahiro Yamagishi et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY

Taxonomic study of a new eustigmatophycean alga, Vacuoliviride crystalliferum gen. et sp. nov.

(2014) Takeshi Nakayama et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH

Deciphering the Metabolism of Undecaprenyl-Phosphate: The Bacterial Cell-Wall Unit Carrier at the Membrane Frontier

(2014) Guillaume Manat et al.   Microbial Drug Resistance

Structural Insights into Ubiquinone Biosynthesis in Membranes

(2014) W. Cheng et al.   SCIENCE

Origin and Evolution of Plastids and Photosynthesis in Eukaryotes

(2014) G. I. McFadden   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

The Marine Microbial Eukaryote Transcriptome Sequencing Project (MMETSP): Illuminating the Functional Diversity of Eukaryotic Life in the Oceans through Transcriptome Sequencing

(2014) Patrick J. Keeling et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Nannochloropsis Genomes Reveal Evolution of Microalgal Oleaginous Traits

(2014) Dongmei Wang et al.   PLoS Genetics

Nannochloropsis plastid and mitochondrial phylogenomes reveal organelle diversification mechanism and intragenus phylotyping strategy in microalgae

(2013) Li Wei et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Crystal structures of isoorotate decarboxylases reveal a novel catalytic mechanism of 5-carboxyl-uracil decarboxylation and shed light on the search for DNA decarboxylase

(2013) Shutong Xu et al.   CELL RESEARCH

Horizontal Transfer of DNA from the Mitochondrial to the Plastid Genome and Its Subsequent Evolution in Milkweeds (Apocynaceae)

(2013) Shannon C.K. Straub et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

The diversity and phylogeny of the commercially important algal class Eustigmatophyceae, including the new clade Goniochloridales

(2013) Karen P. Fawley et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYCOLOGY

The chloroplast genome of the diatom Seminavis robusta: New features introduced through multiple mechanisms of horizontal gene transfer

(2013) Tore Brembu et al.   Marine Genomics

MAFFT Multiple Sequence Alignment Software Version 7: Improvements in Performance and Usability

(2013) K. Katoh et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Chromosome Scale Genome Assembly and Transcriptome Profiling of Nannochloropsis gaditana in Nitrogen Depletion

(2013) Elisa Corteggiani Carpinelli et al.   Molecular Plant

OrganellarGenomeDRAW—a suite of tools for generating physical maps of plastid and mitochondrial genomes and visualizing expression data sets

(2013) Marc Lohse et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Evolution of Red Algal Plastid Genomes: Ancient Architectures, Introns, Horizontal Gene Transfer, and Taxonomic Utility of Plastid Markers

(2013) Jan Janouškovec et al.   PLoS One

Integrative Genomics Viewer (IGV): high-performance genomics data visualization and exploration

(2012) H. Thorvaldsdottir et al.   BRIEFINGS IN BIOINFORMATICS

Classification of Leptospira genomospecies 1, 3, 4 and 5 as Leptospira alstonii sp. nov., Leptospira vanthielii sp. nov., Leptospira terpstrae sp. nov. and Leptospira yanagawae sp. nov., respectively

(2012) L. Smythe et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

ZOOSPOROGENESIS, MORPHOLOGY, ULTRASTRUCTURE, PIGMENT COMPOSITION, AND PHYLOGENETIC POSITION OF TRACHYDISCUS MINUTUS (EUSTIGMATOPHYCEAE, HETEROKONTOPHYTA)1

(2012) Pavel Přibyl et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY

Evolutionary Divergence of Sedoheptulose 7-Phosphate Cyclases Leads to Several Distinct Cyclic Products

(2012) Shumpei Asamizu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Modeling Protein Evolution with Several Amino Acid Replacement Matrices Depending on Site Rates

(2012) S. Q. Le et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Fast gapped-read alignment with Bowtie 2

(2012) Ben Langmead et al.   NATURE METHODS

DoBISCUIT: a database of secondary metabolite biosynthetic gene clusters

(2012) Natsuko Ichikawa et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Draft genome sequence and genetic transformation of the oleaginous alga Nannochloropsis gaditana

(2012) Randor Radakovits et al.   Nature Communications

Genome, Functional Gene Annotation, and Nuclear Transformation of the Heterokont Oleaginous Alga Nannochloropsis oceanica CCMP1779

(2012) Astrid Vieler et al.   PLoS Genetics

Evidence for Horizontal Gene Transfer from Bacteroidetes Bacteria to Dinoflagellate Minicircles

(2011) Krzysztof Moszczyński et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Isoprenoid biosynthesis in eukaryotic phototrophs: A spotlight on algae

(2011) Martin Lohr et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

Trachydiscus minutus, a new biotechnological source of eicosapentaenoic acid

(2010) T. Řezanka et al.   FOLIA MICROBIOLOGICA

FASconCAT: Convenient handling of data matrices

(2010) Patrick Kück et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

SUPERFAMILY 1.75 including a domain-centric gene ontology method

(2010) D. A. de Lima Morais et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

A Molecular Genetic Timescale for the Diversification of Autotrophic Stramenopiles (Ochrophyta): Substantive Underestimation of Putative Fossil Ages

(2010) Joseph W. Brown et al.   PLoS One

The Genetic and Molecular Basis for Sunscreen Biosynthesis in Cyanobacteria

(2010) E. P. Balskus et al.   SCIENCE

A comparative genomics approach to understanding the biosynthesis of the sunscreen scytonemin in cyanobacteria

(2009) Tanya Soule et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Gene Expression Patterns Associated with the Biosynthesis of the Sunscreen Scytonemin in Nostoc punctiforme ATCC 29133 in Response to UVA Radiation

(2009) T. Soule et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

An Enzymatic Cyclopentyl[b]indole Formation Involved in Scytonemin Biosynthesis

(2009) Emily P. Balskus et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Chloroplast DNA sequence of the green alga Oedogonium cardiacum (Chlorophyceae): Unique genome architecture, derived characters shared with the Chaetophorales and novel genes acquired through horizontal transfer

(2008) Jean-Simon Brouard et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Investigating the Initial Steps in the Biosynthesis of Cyanobacterial Sunscreen Scytonemin

(2008) Emily P. Balskus et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

The Phaeodactylum genome reveals the evolutionary history of diatom genomes

(2008) Chris Bowler et al.   NATURE

Lateral transfer of introns in the cryptophyte plastid genome

(2008) Hameed Khan et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH