Ahmed Moustafa

Summary

Affiliation: University of Iowa
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi PhyloSort: a user-friendly phylogenetic sorting tool and its application to estimating the cyanobacterial contribution to the nuclear genome of Chlamydomonas
    Ahmed Moustafa
    University of Iowa, Interdisciplinary Program in Genetics, 456 Biology Building, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
    BMC Evol Biol 8:6. 2008
  2. ncbi A phylogenomic approach for studying plastid endosymbiosis
    Ahmed Moustafa
    Interdisciplinary Genetics Program, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
    Genome Inform 21:165-76. 2008
  3. ncbi Genomic footprints of a cryptic plastid endosymbiosis in diatoms
    Ahmed Moustafa
    Interdisciplinary Program in Genetics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
    Science 324:1724-6. 2009
  4. ncbi Origin of saxitoxin biosynthetic genes in cyanobacteria
    Ahmed Moustafa
    Interdisciplinary Program in Genetics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
    PLoS ONE 4:e5758. 2009
  5. ncbi Multiple genes of apparent algal origin suggest ciliates may once have been photosynthetic
    Adrian Reyes-Prieto
    Department of Biological Sciences and Roy J Carver Center for Comparative Genomics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242 1324, USA
    Curr Biol 18:956-62. 2008
  6. ncbi Chlamydiae has contributed at least 55 genes to Plantae with predominantly plastid functions
    Ahmed Moustafa
    Interdisciplinary Program in Genetics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 3:e2205. 2008
  7. ncbi EST analysis of Ostreococcus lucimarinus, the most compact eukaryotic genome, shows an excess of introns in highly expressed genes
    William Lanier
    Interdisciplinary Program in Genetics, University of Iowa, Iowa, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 3:e2171. 2008

Detail Information

Publications7

  1. ncbi PhyloSort: a user-friendly phylogenetic sorting tool and its application to estimating the cyanobacterial contribution to the nuclear genome of Chlamydomonas
    Ahmed Moustafa
    University of Iowa, Interdisciplinary Program in Genetics, 456 Biology Building, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
    BMC Evol Biol 8:6. 2008
    ..To facilitate this procedure, we developed PhyloSort to rapidly search large collection of trees for monophyletic relationships. Here we present PhyloSort and its application to estimating EGT in Chlamydomonas...
  2. ncbi A phylogenomic approach for studying plastid endosymbiosis
    Ahmed Moustafa
    Interdisciplinary Genetics Program, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
    Genome Inform 21:165-76. 2008
    ..This assertion awaits experimental validation. Whereas the current study is focused within the context of secondary endosymbiosis, our approach can be applied to large-scale detection of gene transfer in any system...
  3. ncbi Genomic footprints of a cryptic plastid endosymbiosis in diatoms
    Ahmed Moustafa
    Interdisciplinary Program in Genetics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
    Science 324:1724-6. 2009
    ..Chromalveolates appear to have recruited genes from the two major existing algal groups to forge a highly successful, species-rich protist lineage...
  4. ncbi Origin of saxitoxin biosynthetic genes in cyanobacteria
    Ahmed Moustafa
    Interdisciplinary Program in Genetics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
    PLoS ONE 4:e5758. 2009
    ..Here we focus on saxitoxin-producing cyanobacteria and their non-toxic sisters to elucidate the origin of genes involved in the putative STX biosynthetic pathway...
  5. ncbi Multiple genes of apparent algal origin suggest ciliates may once have been photosynthetic
    Adrian Reyes-Prieto
    Department of Biological Sciences and Roy J Carver Center for Comparative Genomics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242 1324, USA
    Curr Biol 18:956-62. 2008
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  6. ncbi Chlamydiae has contributed at least 55 genes to Plantae with predominantly plastid functions
    Ahmed Moustafa
    Interdisciplinary Program in Genetics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 3:e2205. 2008
    ..Despite the critical importance of primary plastid endosymbiosis, its ancient derivation has left behind very few "footprints" of early key events in organelle genesis...
  7. ncbi EST analysis of Ostreococcus lucimarinus, the most compact eukaryotic genome, shows an excess of introns in highly expressed genes
    William Lanier
    Interdisciplinary Program in Genetics, University of Iowa, Iowa, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 3:e2171. 2008
    ..Therefore, patterns of intron retention in this species can potentially provide insights into the forces governing intron evolution...