William H Wilson

Summary

Affiliation: Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Country: UK

Publications

  1. ncbi Complete genome sequence and lytic phase transcription profile of a Coccolithovirus
    William H Wilson
    Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, The Hoe, Plymouth, PL1 3DH, UK
    Science 309:1090-2. 2005
  2. ncbi Use of microarrays to assess viral diversity: from genotype to phenotype
    Michael J Allen
    Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, The Hoe, Plymouth, PL1 3DH, UK
    Environ Microbiol 9:971-82. 2007
  3. ncbi From small hosts come big viruses: the complete genome of a second Ostreococcus tauri virus, OtV-1
    Karen D Weynberg
    Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, The Hoe, Plymouth PL1 3DH, UK
    Environ Microbiol 11:2821-39. 2009
  4. ncbi Locus-specific gene expression pattern suggests a unique propagation strategy for a giant algal virus
    Michael J Allen
    Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, The Hoe, Plymouth PL1 3DH, United Kingdom
    J Virol 80:7699-705. 2006
  5. ncbi Evolutionary history of the Coccolithoviridae
    Michael J Allen
    Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, The Hoe, Plymouth, United Kingdom
    Mol Biol Evol 23:86-92. 2006
  6. ncbi Aquatic virus diversity accessed through omic techniques: a route map to function
    Michael J Allen
    Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, UK
    Curr Opin Microbiol 11:226-32. 2008
  7. ncbi Genome comparison of two Coccolithoviruses
    Michael J Allen
    Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, The Hoe, Plymouth, PL1 3DH, UK
    Virol J 3:15. 2006
  8. ncbi The coccolithovirus microarray: an array of uses
    Michael J Allen
    Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, The Hoe, Plymouth, PL1 3DH, UK
    Brief Funct Genomic Proteomic 5:273-9. 2006
  9. ncbi Molecular dynamics of Emiliania huxleyi and cooccurring viruses during two separate mesocosm studies
    Joaquín Martínez Martínez
    Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, The Hoe, Plymouth PL1 3DH, United Kingdom
    Appl Environ Microbiol 73:554-62. 2007
  10. ncbi Genome sequence of Ostreococcus tauri virus OtV-2 throws light on the role of picoeukaryote niche separation in the ocean
    Karen D Weynberg
    Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, The Hoe, Plymouth PL1 3DH, United Kingdom
    J Virol 85:4520-9. 2011

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  1. ncbi Complete genome sequence and lytic phase transcription profile of a Coccolithovirus
    William H Wilson
    Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, The Hoe, Plymouth, PL1 3DH, UK
    Science 309:1090-2. 2005
    ..Microarray transcriptomic analysis reveals that 65% of the predicted virus-encoded genes are expressed during lytic infection of E. huxleyi...
  2. ncbi Use of microarrays to assess viral diversity: from genotype to phenotype
    Michael J Allen
    Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, The Hoe, Plymouth, PL1 3DH, UK
    Environ Microbiol 9:971-82. 2007
    ....
  3. ncbi From small hosts come big viruses: the complete genome of a second Ostreococcus tauri virus, OtV-1
    Karen D Weynberg
    Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, The Hoe, Plymouth PL1 3DH, UK
    Environ Microbiol 11:2821-39. 2009
    ..This new sequence data may help to redefine the classification of the core genes of these viruses and shed new light on their evolutionary history...
  4. ncbi Locus-specific gene expression pattern suggests a unique propagation strategy for a giant algal virus
    Michael J Allen
    Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, The Hoe, Plymouth PL1 3DH, United Kingdom
    J Virol 80:7699-705. 2006
    ..Secondary-phase transcription may then be conducted in the cytoplasm...
  5. ncbi Evolutionary history of the Coccolithoviridae
    Michael J Allen
    Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, The Hoe, Plymouth, United Kingdom
    Mol Biol Evol 23:86-92. 2006
    ..Furthermore, the presence of six RNA polymerase subunits (unique among the Phycodnaviridae) suggests both a unique evolutionary history and a unique lifestyle for this intriguing virus...
  6. ncbi Aquatic virus diversity accessed through omic techniques: a route map to function
    Michael J Allen
    Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, UK
    Curr Opin Microbiol 11:226-32. 2008
    ..It is an exciting new era for virus ecology and when used in combination with more traditional approaches, virus genomics will give us access to their ecological function on an unprecedented scale...
  7. ncbi Genome comparison of two Coccolithoviruses
    Michael J Allen
    Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, The Hoe, Plymouth, PL1 3DH, UK
    Virol J 3:15. 2006
    ..The Coccolithoviridae is a recently discovered family of viruses that infect the marine coccolithophorid Emiliania huxleyi. Following on from the sequencing of the type strain EhV-86, we have sequenced a second strain, EhV-163...
  8. ncbi The coccolithovirus microarray: an array of uses
    Michael J Allen
    Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, The Hoe, Plymouth, PL1 3DH, UK
    Brief Funct Genomic Proteomic 5:273-9. 2006
    ..The microarray has been used to aid the annotation of the genome, to investigate the infection process at the transcriptional level and to assess the diversity in genomic content within the family...
  9. ncbi Molecular dynamics of Emiliania huxleyi and cooccurring viruses during two separate mesocosm studies
    Joaquín Martínez Martínez
    Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, The Hoe, Plymouth PL1 3DH, United Kingdom
    Appl Environ Microbiol 73:554-62. 2007
    ....
  10. ncbi Genome sequence of Ostreococcus tauri virus OtV-2 throws light on the role of picoeukaryote niche separation in the ocean
    Karen D Weynberg
    Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, The Hoe, Plymouth PL1 3DH, United Kingdom
    J Virol 85:4520-9. 2011
    ..Such piecemeal accretion of genes is a trademark of large double-stranded DNA viruses that has allowed them to adapt their propagation strategies to keep up with host niche separation in the sunlit layers of the oceanic environment...
  11. ncbi Genetic diversity of marine Synechococcus and co-occurring cyanophage communities: evidence for viral control of phytoplankton
    Martin Muhling
    Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, The Hoe, Plymouth PL1 3DH, UK
    Environ Microbiol 7:499-508. 2005
    ..These observations are consistent with cyanophage infection being a major controlling factor in picophytoplankton succession...
  12. ncbi Characterization of a latent virus-like infection of symbiotic zooxanthellae
    Jayme Lohr
    Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, UK
    Appl Environ Microbiol 73:2976-81. 2007
    ..The unique host-virus system described here provides insight into the role of latent infections in zooxanthellae through environmentally regulated viral induction mechanisms...
  13. ncbi Unveiling the transcriptional features associated with coccolithovirus infection of natural Emiliania huxleyi blooms
    António Pagarete
    Equipe EPPO Evolution du Plancton et PaléoOcéans, CNRS UMR7144, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Station Biologique, Roscoff, France
    FEMS Microbiol Ecol 78:555-64. 2011
    ..The results herein reveal the scale, so far massively underestimated, of the transcriptional domination that occurs during coccolithovirus infection in the natural environment...
  14. ncbi Detection of virus mRNA within infected host cells using an isothermal nucleic acid amplification assay: marine cyanophage gene expression within Synechococcus sp
    Susan D Wharam
    Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, West Boothbay Harbor, Maine 04575, USA
    Virol J 4:52. 2007
    ..Cyanophages are viruses that infect cyanobacteria. Marine cyanophages are ubiquitous in the surface layers of the ocean where they infect members of the globally important genus Synechococcus...
  15. ncbi Virus succession observed during an Emiliania huxleyi bloom
    Declan C Schroeder
    Marine Biological Association, Citadel Hill, Plymouth PL1 2PB, UK
    Appl Environ Microbiol 69:2484-90. 2003
    ..huxleyi bloom in a mesocosm experiment off western Norway. We reveal that, despite the presence of several virus genotypes at the start of an E. huxleyi bloom, only a few virus genotypes eventually go on to kill the bloom...
  16. ncbi Identification of a diagnostic marker to detect freshwater cyanophages of filamentous cyanobacteria
    Andrea C Baker
    Marine Biological Association, The Laboratory, Plymouth PL1 2PB, United Kingdom
    Appl Environ Microbiol 72:5713-9. 2006
    ..The probes are thought to provide a useful tool for the investigation of cyanophage diversity in freshwater environments...
  17. ncbi Annotation of environmental OMICS data: application to the transcriptomics domain
    Norman Morrison
    School of Computer Science, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
    OMICS 10:172-8. 2006
    ..Finally, we make an open call to the community for participation in the Env Community and its future activities...
  18. ncbi The genome of S-PM2, a "photosynthetic" T4-type bacteriophage that infects marine Synechococcus strains
    Nicholas H Mann
    Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
    J Bacteriol 187:3188-200. 2005
    ..This hypothesis originates from the identification of multiple phage-mediated modifications of the host's photosynthetic apparatus that appear to be essential for maintaining energy production during the lytic cycle...
  19. ncbi Pilot study of an EST approach of the coccolithophorid Emiliania huxleyi during a virus infection
    Jessica Kegel
    Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Am Handelshafen 12, D 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
    Gene 406:209-16. 2007
    ..However, after 24 h viral transcripts were most abundant. Viral transcripts found at this stage of viral infection encode proteins involved in protein degradation, nucleic acid degradation, transcription and replication...
  20. ncbi Expression of a novel marine viral single-chain serine palmitoyltransferase and construction of yeast and mammalian single-chain chimera
    Gongshe Han
    Department of Biochemistry, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland 20184, USA
    J Biol Chem 281:39935-42. 2006
    ..This suggests that expression of other multisubunit membrane proteins as single-chain chimera could provide a powerful approach to the characterization of integral membrane proteins...