Transferred interbacterial antagonism genes augment eukaryotic innate immune function

Gut Microbiota of the Tick Vector Ixodes scapularis Modulate Colonization of the Lyme Disease Spirochete

(2014) Sukanya Narasimhan et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Type VI secretion system effectors: poisons with a purpose

(2014) Alistair B. Russell et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Horizontal gene transfer in the acquisition of novel traits by metazoans

(2014) Luis Boto   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

A gene horizontally transferred from bacteria protects arthropods from host plant cyanide poisoning

(2014) Nicky Wybouw et al.   eLife

Horizontal Gene Transfer from Diverse Bacteria to an Insect Genome Enables a Tripartite Nested Mealybug Symbiosis

(2013) Filip Husnik et al.   CELL

Gene Transfer from Bacteria and Archaea Facilitated Evolution of an Extremophilic Eukaryote

(2013) G. Schonknecht et al.   SCIENCE

The Oxytricha trifallax Macronuclear Genome: A Complex Eukaryotic Genome with 16,000 Tiny Chromosomes

(2013) Estienne C. Swart et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Geneious Basic: An integrated and extendable desktop software platform for the organization and analysis of sequence data

(2012) M. Kearse et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

A Widespread Bacterial Type VI Secretion Effector Superfamily Identified Using a Heuristic Approach

(2012) Alistair B. Russell et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

The arthropod, but not the vertebrate host or its environment, dictates bacterial community composition of fleas and ticks

(2012) Hadas Hawlena et al.   ISME Journal

Changes in Bacterial Growth Rate Govern Expression of the Borrelia burgdorferi OspC and Erp Infection-Associated Surface Proteins

(2012) B. L. Jutras et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Recurrent Horizontal Transfer of Bacterial Toxin Genes to Eukaryotes

(2012) Y. Moran et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Structure of a Peptidoglycan Amidase Effector Targeted to Gram-Negative Bacteria by the Type VI Secretion System

(2012) Seemay Chou et al.   Cell Reports

Type VI secretion delivers bacteriolytic effectors to target cells

(2011) Alistair B. Russell et al.   NATURE

Peptidoglycan recognition proteins kill bacteria by activating protein-sensing two-component systems

(2011) Des Raj Kashyap et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

SignalP 4.0: discriminating signal peptides from transmembrane regions

(2011) Thomas Nordahl Petersen et al.   NATURE METHODS

Horizontal gene transfer between bacteria and animals

(2011) Julie C. Dunning Hotopp   TRENDS IN GENETICS

Molecular Interactions that Enable Movement of the Lyme Disease Agent from the Tick Gut into the Hemolymph

(2011) Lili Zhang et al.   PLoS Pathogens

A Type VI Secretion System of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Targets a Toxin to Bacteria

(2010) Rachel D. Hood et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Assessing divergence time of Spirulida and Sepiida (Cephalopoda) based on hemocyanin sequences

(2010) Kerstin Martina Warnke et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

New Algorithms and Methods to Estimate Maximum-Likelihood Phylogenies: Assessing the Performance of PhyML 3.0

(2010) Stéphane Guindon et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Gene Transfer and Diversification of Microbial Eukaryotes

(2009) Jan O. Andersson   Annual Review of Microbiology

Aphids acquired symbiotic genes via lateral gene transfer

(2009) Naruo Nikoh et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

A cDNA resource for the cephalochordate amphioxus Branchiostoma floridae

(2008) Jr-Kai Yu et al.   DEVELOPMENT GENES AND EVOLUTION

First divergence time estimate of spiders, scorpions, mites and ticks (subphylum: Chelicerata) inferred from mitochondrial phylogeny

(2008) Ayyamperumal Jeyaprakash et al.   EXPERIMENTAL AND APPLIED ACAROLOGY

Horizontal gene transfer in eukaryotic evolution

(2008) Patrick J. Keeling et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS