• Analysis of castor bean ribosome-inactivating proteins and their gene expression during seed development 

      Morais, Guilherme Loss de; Zolet, Andreia Carina Turchetto; Etges, Matheus Fragoso; Cagliari, Alexandro; Korbes, Ana Paula; Maraschin, Felipe dos Santos; Margis-Pinheiro, Márcia; Margis, Rogerio (2013) [Artigo de periódico]
      Ribosome-inactivating proteins (RIPs) are enzymes that inhibit protein synthesis after depurination of a specific adenine in rRNA. The RIP family members are classified as type I RIPs that contain an RNA-N-glycosidase ...
    • Evolutionary change - patterns and processes 

      Salzano, Francisco Mauro (2005) [Artigo de periódico]
      A presente revisão considerou: (a) os fatores que condicionaram a transição inicial entre não-vida e vida; (b) a estrutura e complexidade genômica em procariotos, eucariotos e organelas; (c) a genômica comparada dos ...
    • Genome-wide analysis of the Glycerol-3-Phosphate Acyltransferase (GPAT) gene family reveals the evolution and diversification of plant GPATs 

      Waschburger, Edgar Luis; Kulcheski, Franceli Rodrigues; Veto, Nicole Moreira; Margis, Rogerio; Margis-Pinheiro, Márcia; Zolet, Andreia Carina Turchetto (2018) [Artigo de periódico]
      sn-Glycerol-3-phosphate 1-O-acyltransferase (GPAT) is an important enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of an acyl group from acyl-CoA or acyl-ACP to the sn-1 or sn-2 position of sn-glycerol-3-phosphate (G3P) to generate ...
    • Methods for detection of horizontal transfer of transposable elements in complete genomes 

      Carvalho, Marcos Oliveira de; Loreto, Élgion Lúcio da Silva (2012) [Artigo de periódico]
      Recent advances in nucleic acid sequencing technology are creating a diverse landscape for the analysis of horizontal transfer in complete genomes. Previously limited to prokaryotes, the availability of complete genomes ...
    • Searching for ancient balanced polymorphisms shared between Neanderthals and Modern Humans 

      Viscardi, Lucas Henriques; Paixão Côrtes, Vanessa Rodrigues; Comas, David; Salzano, Francisco Mauro; Rovaris, Diego Luiz; Bau, Claiton Henrique Dotto; Amorim, Carlos Eduardo Guerra; Bortolini, Maria Cátira (2018) [Artigo de periódico]
      Hominin evolution is characterized by adaptive solutions often rooted in behavioral and cognitive changes. If balancing selection had an important and long-lasting impact on the evolution of these traits, it can be ...