Symbiosis induces widespread changes in the proteome of the model cnidarian Aiptasia

CA Oakley, MF Ameismeier, L Peng… - Cellular …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Coral reef ecosystems are metabolically founded on the mutualism between corals and
photosynthetic dinoflagellates of the genus Symbiodinium. The glass anemone Aiptasia sp …

Study of cnidarian-algal symbiosis in the “omics” age

ELI Meyer, VM Weis - The Biological Bulletin, 2012 - journals.uchicago.edu
The symbiotic associations between cnidarians and dinoflagellate algae (Symbiodinium)
support productive and diverse ecosystems in coral reefs. Many aspects of this association …

Proteomics quantifies protein expression changes in a model cnidarian colonised by a thermally tolerant but suboptimal symbiont

AE Sproles, CA Oakley, JL Matthews, L Peng… - The ISME …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The acquisition of thermally tolerant algal symbionts by corals has been proposed as a
natural or assisted mechanism of increasing coral reef resilience to anthropogenic climate …

[HTML][HTML] Proteomic basis of symbiosis: A heterologous partner fails to duplicate homologous colonization in a novel cnidarian–Symbiodiniaceae mutualism

E Medrano, DG Merselis, AJ Bellantuono… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Reef corals and sea anemones form symbioses with unicellular symbiotic dinoflagellates.
The molecular circumventions that underlie the successful intracellular colonization of hosts …

[HTML][HTML] Generation and analysis of transcriptomic resources for a model system on the rise: the sea anemone Aiptasia pallida and its dinoflagellate endosymbiont

S Sunagawa, EC Wilson, M Thaler, ML Smith… - BMC genomics, 2009 - Springer
Background The most diverse marine ecosystems, coral reefs, depend upon a functional
symbiosis between cnidarian hosts and unicellular dinoflagellate algae. The molecular …

[HTML][HTML] The Influence of Symbiosis on the Proteome of the Exaiptasia Endosymbiont Breviolum minutum

AG Mashini, CA Oakley, SS Beepat, L Peng… - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
The cellular mechanisms responsible for the regulation of nutrient exchange, immune
response, and symbiont population growth in the cnidarian–dinoflagellate symbiosis are …

Symbiotic lifestyle triggers drastic changes in the gene expression of the algal endosymbiont Breviolum minutum (Symbiodiniaceae)

K Maor‐Landaw, MJH van Oppen… - Ecology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Coral–dinoflagellate symbiosis underpins the evolutionary success of corals reefs.
Successful exchange of molecules between the cnidarian host and the Symbiodiniaceae …

[HTML][HTML] Developing the anemone Aiptasia as a tractable model for cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbiosis: the transcriptome of aposymbiotic A. pallida

EM Lehnert, MS Burriesci, JR Pringle - BMC genomics, 2012 - Springer
Background Coral reefs are hotspots of oceanic biodiversity, forming the foundation of
ecosystems that are important both ecologically and for their direct practical impacts on …

Extensive differences in gene expression between symbiotic and aposymbiotic cnidarians

EM Lehnert, ME Mouchka, MS Burriesci… - G3: Genes …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Coral reefs provide habitats for a disproportionate number of marine species relative to the
small area of the oceans that they occupy. The mutualism between the cnidarian animal …

[HTML][HTML] A profile of an endosymbiont-enriched fraction of the coral Stylophora pistillata reveals proteins relevant to microbial-host interactions

AJ Weston, WC Dunlap, JM Shick, A Klueter… - Molecular & Cellular …, 2012 - ASBMB
This study examines the response of Symbiodinium sp. endosymbionts from the coral
Stylophora pistillata to moderate levels of thermal" bleaching" stress, with and without trace …