Diet-induced metabolic endotoxemia is an important factor in the development of many
chronic diseases in animals and man. The gut epithelium is an efficient barrier that prevents …

Since the first genome-scale comparisons, it has been evident that the genomes of many
species are unbound by strict vertical descent: Large differences in gene content can occur …

Neutrophils accumulate in solid tumors, and their abundance correlates with poor prognosis.
Neutrophils are not homogeneous, however, and could play different roles in cancer …

For over 100 years, endosymbiotic theories have figured in thoughts about the differences
between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. More than 20 different versions of endosymbiotic …

The origin of the eukaryotic cell remains one of the most contentious puzzles in modern
biology. Recent studies have provided support for the emergence of the eukaryotic host cell …

ABSTRACT GET_HOMOLOGUES is an open-source software package that builds on
popular orthology-calling approaches making highly customizable and detailed pangenome …

The class C lostridia in the phylum F irmicutes (formerly low‐G+ CG ram‐positive bacteria)
includes diverse bacteria of medical, environmental and biotechnological importance. The S …

Major insights into the phylogenetic distribution, biochemistry, and evolutionary significance
of organelles involved in ATP synthesis (energy metabolism) in eukaryotes that thrive in …

The discovery of the Archaea and the proposal of the three-domains 'universal'tree, based
on ribosomal RNA and core genes mainly involved in protein translation, catalysed new …

Background Orthology analysis is an important part of data analysis in many areas of
bioinformatics such as comparative genomics and molecular phylogenetics. The ever …