Insights into the Evolution of a Snake Venom Multi-Gene Family from the Genomic Organization of Echis ocellatus SVMP Genes

Microsatellite landscape evolutionary dynamics across 450 million years of vertebrate genome evolution

(2016) Richard H. Adams et al.   GENOME

Effects of Gene Duplication, Positive Selection, and Shifts in Gene Expression on the Evolution of the Venom Gland Transcriptome in Widow Spiders

(2016) Robert A. Haney et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Distribution ofRPTLNGenes Across Reptilia: Hypothesized Role for RPTLN in the Evolution of SVMPs

(2016) Raquel Sanz-Soler et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Hemorrhage Caused by Snake Venom Metalloproteinases: A Journey of Discovery and Understanding

(2016) José Gutiérrez et al.   Toxins

A Disintegrin and Metalloprotease (ADAM): Historical Overview of Their Functions

(2016) Nives Giebeler et al.   Toxins

The origin of snakes: revealing the ecology, behavior, and evolutionary history of early snakes using genomics, phenomics, and the fossil record

(2015) Allison Y Hsiang et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Privileged frameworks from snake venom

(2015) T. A. Reeks et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

Characterization and distribution of repetitive elements in association with genes in the human genome

(2015) Kai-Chiang Liang et al.   COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

Evolution of Vertebrate Adam Genes; Duplication of Testicular Adams from Ancient Adam9/9-like Loci

(2015) Harinath Bahudhanapati et al.   PLoS One

Tissue Localization and Extracellular Matrix Degradation by PI, PII and PIII Snake Venom Metalloproteinases: Clues on the Mechanisms of Venom-Induced Hemorrhage

(2015) Cristina Herrera et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Integrated Analyses Resolve Conflicts over Squamate Reptile Phylogeny and Reveal Unexpected Placements for Fossil Taxa

(2015) Tod W. Reeder et al.   PLoS One

NMR structure of bitistatin - a missing piece in the evolutionary pathway of snake venom disintegrins

(2014) Rodrigo J. Carbajo et al.   FEBS Journal

Genome-Wide Analyses of a Plant-Specific LIM-Domain Gene Family Implicate Its Evolutionary Role in Plant Diversification

(2014) Man Zhao et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Gene Conversion Violates the Stepwise Mutation Model for Microsatellites in Y-Chromosomal Palindromic Repeats

(2014) Patricia Balaresque et al.   HUMAN MUTATION

Expression of Venom Gene Homologs in Diverse Python Tissues Suggests a New Model for the Evolution of Snake Venom

(2014) Jacobo Reyes-Velasco et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Testing the Toxicofera: Comparative transcriptomics casts doubt on the single, early evolution of the reptile venom system

(2014) Adam D. Hargreaves et al.   TOXICON

Structural Characteristics and Evolution of theProtobothrops elegansPancreatic Phospholipase A2Gene in Contrast with Those ofProtobothropsGenus Venom Phospholipase A2Genes

(2013) Takahito CHIJIWA et al.   BIOSCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Integration of molecules and new fossils supports a Triassic origin for Lepidosauria (lizards, snakes, and tuatara)

(2013) Marc EH Jones et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes

(2013) R Pyron et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Splicing-Related Features of Introns Serve to Propel Evolution

(2013) Yuping Luo et al.   PLoS One

The king cobra genome reveals dynamic gene evolution and adaptation in the snake venom system

(2013) F. J. Vonk et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The genome of Mesobuthus martensii reveals a unique adaptation model of arthropods

(2013) Zhijian Cao et al.   Nature Communications

Three-Fingered RAVERs: Rapid Accumulation of Variations in Exposed Residues of Snake Venom Toxins

(2013) Kartik Sunagar et al.   Toxins

Introns in UTRs: Why we should stop ignoring them

(2012) Alicia A. Bicknell et al.   BIOESSAYS

Structural Characteristics and Evolution of a Novel Venom Phospholipase A2Gene fromProtobothrops flavoviridis

(2012) Takahito CHIJIWA et al.   BIOSCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Venom evolution through gene duplications

(2012) Emily S.W. Wong et al.   GENE

Extensive and Continuous Duplication Facilitates Rapid Evolution and Diversification of Gene Families

(2012) Dan Chang et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Testicular and epididymal ADAMs: expression and function during fertilization

(2012) Chunghee Cho   Nature Reviews Urology

The structural and functional diversification of the Toxicofera reptile venom system

(2012) Bryan G. Fry et al.   TOXICON

First draft of the genomic organization of a PIII-SVMP gene

(2012) Libia Sanz et al.   TOXICON

On the ancestral recruitment of metalloproteinases into the venom of snakes

(2012) Nicholas R. Casewell   TOXICON

Snake venom metalloproteinases

(2012) Francis S. Markland et al.   TOXICON

Complex cocktails: the evolutionary novelty of venoms

(2012) Nicholas R. Casewell et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

EXTINCTION, ECOLOGICAL OPPORTUNITY, AND THE ORIGINS OF GLOBAL SNAKE DIVERSITY

(2011) R. Alexander Pyron et al.   EVOLUTION

Key events in microvascular damage induced by snake venom hemorrhagic metalloproteinases

(2011) Teresa Escalante et al.   Journal of Proteomics

Domain Loss Facilitates Accelerated Evolution and Neofunctionalization of Duplicate Snake Venom Metalloproteinase Toxin Genes

(2011) N. R. Casewell et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Genome Analysis Reveals Interplay between 5′UTR Introns and Nuclear mRNA Export for Secretory and Mitochondrial Genes

(2011) Can Cenik et al.   PLoS Genetics

Conservation and divergence of ADAM family proteins in the Xenopus genome

(2010) Shuo Wei et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Unique structural characteristics and evolution of a cluster of venom phospholipase A2 isozyme genes of Protobothrops flavoviridis snake

(2010) Naoki Ikeda et al.   GENE

New primers for the amplification and sequencing of nuclear loci in a taxonomically wide set of reptiles and amphibians

(2009) Catarina Pinho et al.   Conservation Genetics Resources

A prominent role for segmental duplications in modeling Eukaryotic genomes

(2008) Romain Koszul et al.   COMPTES RENDUS BIOLOGIES

Insights into and speculations about snake venom metalloproteinase (SVMP) synthesis, folding and disulfide bond formation and their contribution to venom complexity

(2008) Jay W. Fox et al.   FEBS Journal

Evolution of the mammalian transcription factor binding repertoire via transposable elements

(2008) G. Bourque et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

On the origin and evolution of new genes—a genomic and experimental perspective

(2008) Qi Zhou et al.   Journal of Genetics and Genomics

Evolution of Snake Venom Disintegrins by Positive Darwinian Selection

(2008) P. Juarez et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

RNA-based gene duplication: mechanistic and evolutionary insights

(2008) Henrik Kaessmann et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Origin of introns by ‘intronization’ of exonic sequences

(2008) Manuel Irimia et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS