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Exploring the potential of small RNA subunit and ITS sequences for resolving phylogenetic relationships within the phylum Ctenophora

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The Genome of the Ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi and Its Implications for Cell Type Evolution

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The Capsaspora genome reveals a complex unicellular prehistory of animals

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Factors influencing the distribution of epibenthic megafauna across the Peruvian oxygen minimum zone

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Factor Inhibiting HIF (FIH) Recognizes Distinct Molecular Features within Hypoxia-inducible Factor-α (HIF-α)versusAnkyrin Repeat Substrates

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Blue-light-receptive cryptochrome is expressed in a sponge eye lacking neurons and opsin

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Oxygen sensing in plants is mediated by an N-end rule pathway for protein destabilization

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Accelerated Profile HMM Searches

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The Asparaginyl Hydroxylase Factor Inhibiting HIF-1α Is an Essential Regulator of Metabolism

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The hypoxia-inducible transcription factor pathway regulates oxygen sensing in the simplest animal, Trichoplax adhaerens

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BLAST+: architecture and applications

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Oxygen-dependent binding of Nro1 to the prolyl hydroxylase Ofd1 regulates SREBP degradation in yeast

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The inhibition of mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase by the gases carbon monoxide, nitric oxide, hydrogen cyanide and hydrogen sulfide: chemical mechanism and physiological significance

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Oxygen Sensing by Metazoans: The Central Role of the HIF Hydroxylase Pathway

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The genome of the choanoflagellate Monosiga brevicollis and the origin of metazoans

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