The RNA polymerase II carboxy-terminal domain (CTD) code

D Eick, M Geyer - Chemical reviews, 2013‏ - ACS Publications
The smallest viable unit of life is the cell. From bacteria to mammals, all cells use the same
nucleic acid-based universal code for the maintenance and inheritance of genetic …

The endosymbiotic origin, diversification and fate of plastids

PJ Keeling - … Transactions of the Royal Society B …, 2010‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Plastids and mitochondria each arose from a single endosymbiotic event and share many
similarities in how they were reduced and integrated with their host. However, the …

Origin and evolution of spliceosomal introns

IB Rogozin, L Carmel, M Csuros, EV Koonin - Biology direct, 2012‏ - Springer
Evolution of exon-intron structure of eukaryotic genes has been a matter of long-standing,
intensive debate. The introns-early concept, later rebranded 'introns first'held that protein …

The function of introns

M Chorev, L Carmel - Frontiers in genetics, 2012‏ - frontiersin.org
The intron–exon architecture of many eukaryotic genes raises the intriguing question of
whether this unique organization serves any function, or is it simply a result of the spread of …

The eukaryotic tree of life from a global phylogenomic perspective

F Burki - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology, 2014‏ - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Molecular phylogenetics has revolutionized our knowledge of the eukaryotic tree of life. With
the advent of genomics, a new discipline of phylogenetics has emerged: phylogenomics …

Algal genomes reveal evolutionary mosaicism and the fate of nucleomorphs

BA Curtis, G Tanifuji, F Burki, A Gruber, M Irimia… - Nature, 2012‏ - nature.com
Cryptophyte and chlorarachniophyte algae are transitional forms in the widespread
secondary endosymbiotic acquisition of photosynthesis by engulfment of eukaryotic algae …

Chloroplast genomes of photosynthetic eukaryotes

BR Green - The plant journal, 2011‏ - Wiley Online Library
Chloroplast genomes have retained a core set of genes from their cyanobacterial ancestor,
most of them required for the light reactions of photosynthesis or functions connected with …

The puzzle of plastid evolution

JM Archibald - Current Biology, 2009‏ - cell.com
A comprehensive understanding of the origin and spread of plastids remains an important
yet elusive goal in the field of eukaryotic evolution. Combined with the discovery of new …

Evolution of group II introns

S Zimmerly, C Semper - Mobile DNA, 2015‏ - Springer
Present in the genomes of bacteria and eukaryotic organelles, group II introns are an
ancient class of ribozymes and retroelements that are believed to have been the ancestors …

The First Symbiont-Free Genome Sequence of Marine Red Alga, Susabi-nori (Pyropia yezoensis)

Y Nakamura, N Sasaki, M Kobayashi, N Ojima… - PloS one, 2013‏ - journals.plos.org
Nori, a marine red alga, is one of the most profitable mariculture crops in the world.
However, the biological properties of this macroalga are poorly understood at the molecular …