Evolutionary constraint and innovation across hundreds of placental mammals

MJ Christmas, IM Kaplow, DP Genereux, MX Dong… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Zoonomia is the largest comparative genomics resource for mammals produced to date. By
aligning genomes for 240 species, we identify bases that, when mutated, are likely to affect …

Plant NLRs with integrated domains: unity makes strength

E Grund, D Tremousaygue, L Deslandes - Plant physiology, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Plant NLRs with Integrated Domains: Unity Makes Strength | Plant Physiology | Oxford
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Recurrent evolution of vertebrate transcription factors by transposase capture

RL Cosby, J Judd, R Zhang, A Zhong, N Garry… - Science, 2021 - science.org
INTRODUCTION How novel protein architectures evolve remains poorly understood. The
rearrangement of domains with preexisting functions into new composite architectures …

Transposable element-derived sequences in vertebrate development

E Etchegaray, M Naville, JN Volff, Z Haftek-Terreau - Mobile DNA, 2021 - Springer
Transposable elements (TEs) are major components of all vertebrate genomes that can
cause deleterious insertions and genomic instability. However, depending on the specific …

TGF-β generates a population of cancer cells residing in G1 phase with high motility and metastatic potential via KRTAP2-3

K Takahashi, KA Podyma-Inoue, M Saito, S Sakakitani… - Cell Reports, 2022 - cell.com
Transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) increases epithelial cancer cell migration and
metastasis by inducing epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT). TGF-β also inhibits cell …

ZBED2 is an antagonist of interferon regulatory factor 1 and modifies cell identity in pancreatic cancer

TDD Somerville, Y Xu, XS Wu… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Lineage plasticity is a prominent feature of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) cells,
which can occur via deregulation of lineage-specifying transcription factors. Here, we show …

Discovery of novel genes derived from transposable elements using integrative genomic analysis

DR Hoen, TE Bureau - Molecular biology and evolution, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Complex eukaryotes contain millions of transposable elements (TEs), comprising large
fractions of their nuclear genomes. TEs consist of structural, regulatory, and coding …

Taming, Domestication and Exaptation: Trajectories of Transposable Elements in Genomes

P Capy - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
During evolution, several types of sequences pass through genomes. Along with mutations
and internal genetic tinkering, they are a useful source of genetic variability for adaptation …

An Aegilops longissima NLR protein with integrated CC-BED module mediates resistance to wheat powdery mildew

C Ma, X Tian, Z Dong, H Li, X Chen, W Liu… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Powdery mildew, caused by Blumeria graminis f. sp. tritici (Bgt), reduces wheat yields and
grain quality, thus posing a significant threat to global food security. Wild relatives of wheat …

Zinc-finger BED domains drive the formation of the active Hermes transpososome by asymmetric DNA binding

L Lannes, CM Furman, AB Hickman, F Dyda - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
The Hermes DNA transposon is a member of the eukaryotic hAT superfamily, and its
transposase forms a ring-shaped tetramer of dimers. Our investigation, combining …