Genome Biology

official impact factor 6.89

Open Access Highly Access Research

Novel genes dramatically alter regulatory network topology in amphioxus

Qing Zhang1, Christian M Zmasek1, Larry J Dishaw3,2, M Gail Mueller2, Yuzhen Ye4, Gary W Litman3,2,5* and Adam Godzik1,6*

Author Affiliations

1 Burnham Institute for Medical Research, North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA

2 Department of Molecular Genetics, All Children's Hospital, 6th Street South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, USA

3 H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Magnolia Drive, Tampa, FL 33612, USA

4 School of Informatics, Indiana University, E. 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47408, USA

5 Department of Pediatrics, University of South Florida, Children's Research Institute, First Street South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, USA

6 Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA

For all author emails, please log on.

Genome Biology 2008, 9:R123 doi:10.1186/gb-2008-9-8-r123

Published: 4 August 2008

Additional files

Additional data file 1:

TIR domain containing sequences in different genomes.

Format: PDF Size: 67KB Download file

This file can be viewed with: Adobe Acrobat Reader

Open Data

Additional data file 2:

NACHT domain containing sequences in different genomes.

Format: PDF Size: 70KB Download file

This file can be viewed with: Adobe Acrobat Reader

Open Data

Additional data file 3:

SRCR domain combinations in different genomes.

Format: PDF Size: 17KB Download file

This file can be viewed with: Adobe Acrobat Reader

Open Data

Additional data file 4:

Partner domains that combine with individual TIR or NACHT domains in different genomes.

Format: PDF Size: 17KB Download file

This file can be viewed with: Adobe Acrobat Reader

Open Data

Additional data file 5:

Selected JGI-predicted amphioxus gene models that have been verified by RT-PCR.

Format: PDF Size: 14KB Download file

This file can be viewed with: Adobe Acrobat Reader

Open Data

Additional data file 6:

Examples of novel domain combinations in amphioxus that represent the shortcuts between two or more proteins present in human.

Format: DOC Size: 197KB Download file

This file can be viewed with: Microsoft Word Viewer

Open Data

Additional data file 7:

Alignment of sequences in the vicinity of the catalytic center of the caspase domain from human caspases and amphioxus proteins with TNFR-caspase or LRRs-caspase architectures.

Format: DOC Size: 1.2MB Download file

This file can be viewed with: Microsoft Word Viewer

Open Data