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Horizontally transferred genes in plant-parasitic nematodes: a high-throughput genomic approach

Elizabeth H Scholl, Jeffrey L Thorne, James P McCarter and David Mck Bird*

Genome Biology 2003, 4:R39 doi:10.1186/gb-2003-4-6-r39

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Transcriptional profiling of trait deterioration in the insect pathogenic nematode Heterorhabditis bacteriophora

Bishwo N Adhikari, Chin-Yo Lin, Xiaodong Bai, Todd A Ciche, Parwinder S Grewal, Adler R Dillman, John M Chaston, David I Shapiro-Ilan, Anwar L Bilgrami, Randy Gaugler, Paul W Sternberg, Byron J Adams BMC Genomics 2009, 10:609 (15 December 2009)

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Analysis of expressed sequence tags and identification of genes encoding cell-wall-degrading enzymes from the fungivorous nematode Aphelenchus avenae

Nurul Karim, John T Jones, Hiroaki Okada, Taisei Kikuchi BMC Genomics 2009, 10:525 (16 November 2009)

Among 2,200 expressed genes identified in the fungivorus nematode Aphelenchus avenae, there are a set of genes encode cell-wall-degrading enzymes, indicating that this nematode also feeds on plants, and supporting the idea that plant parasitism has evolved from fungal feeding.

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Transcriptomic analysis of the entomopathogenic nematode Heterorhabditis bacteriophora TTO1

Xiaodong Bai, Byron J Adams, Todd A Ciche, Sandra Clifton, Randy Gaugler, Saskia A Hogenhout, John Spieth, Paul W Sternberg, Richard K Wilson, Parwinder S Grewal BMC Genomics 2009, 10:205 (30 April 2009)

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Sequence mining and transcript profiling to explore cyst nematode parasitism

Axel A Elling, Makedonka Mitreva, Xiaowu Gai, John Martin, Justin Recknor, Eric L Davis, Richard S Hussey, Dan Nettleton, James P McCarter, Thomas J Baum BMC Genomics 2009, 10:58 (30 January 2009)

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The secret(ion) life of worms

David McK Bird, Charles H Opperman Genome Biology 2009, 10:205 (28 January 2009)

The secretomes of plant and human parasitic nematodes reveal molecular similarities that reflect the shared need to counter host defenses.

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Concerted gene recruitment in early plant evolution

Jinling Huang, J Peter Gogarten Genome Biology 2008, 9:R109 (8 July 2008)

Analyses of the red algal Cyanidioschyzon genome identified 37 genes that were acquired from non-organellar sources prior to the split of red algae and green plants.

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Mitochondrial DNA suggests at least 11 origins of parasitism in angiosperms and reveals genomic chimerism in parasitic plants

Todd J Barkman, Joel R McNeal, Seok-Hong Lim, Gwen Coat, Henrietta B Croom, Nelson D Young, Claude W dePamphilis BMC Evolutionary Biology 2007, 7:248 (21 December 2007)

A comprehensive mitochondrial multigene phylogeny of over a hundred seed plants reveals that parasitic angiosperms have evolved repeatedly and may be important vectors of horizontal gene transfer.

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Horizontal gene transfer from Bacteria to rumen Ciliates indicates adaptation to their anaerobic, carbohydrates-rich environment

Guénola Ricard, Neil R McEwan, Bas E Dutilh, Jean-Pierre Jouany, Didier Macheboeuf, Makoto Mitsumori, Freda M McIntosh, Tadeusz Michalowski, Takafumi Nagamine, Nancy Nelson, Charles J Newbold, Eli Nsabimana, Akio Takenaka, Nadine A Thomas, Kazunari Ushida, Johannes HP Hackstein, Martijn A Huynen BMC Genomics 2006, 7:22 (10 February 2006)

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Widespread presence of "bacterial-like" PPP phosphatases in eukaryotes

Alexandra V Andreeva, Mikhail A Kutuzov BMC Evolutionary Biology 2004, 4:47 (19 November 2004)

In addition to "conventional" eukaryotic PPP serine/threonine-specific protein phosphatases, many eukaryotes possess very diverse "bacterial-like" PPP phosphatases.