Inaki Ruiz-Trillo

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Country: Spain

Publications

  1. ncbi Evolution of the MAGUK protein gene family in premetazoan lineages
    Alex de Mendoza
    Departament de Genetica, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
    BMC Evol Biol 10:93. 2010
  2. ncbi A phylogenomic investigation into the origin of metazoa
    Inaki Ruiz-Trillo
    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
    Mol Biol Evol 25:664-72. 2008
  3. ncbi New genomes, new taxa and deep questions in the eukaryotic tree of life: a meeting report on the EMBO comparative genomics conference
    Alex de Mendoza
    Institut de Biologia Evolutiva UPF CSIC, Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta 37 49, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
    Evodevo 2:22. 2011
  4. ncbi Unexpected repertoire of metazoan transcription factors in the unicellular holozoan Capsaspora owczarzaki
    Arnau Sebé-Pedrós
    Departament de Genètica and Institut de Recerca en Biodiversitat Irbio, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
    Mol Biol Evol 28:1241-54. 2011
  5. ncbi Genomic survey of premetazoans shows deep conservation of cytoplasmic tyrosine kinases and multiple radiations of receptor tyrosine kinases
    Hiroshi Suga
    Institut de Biologia Evolutiva UPF CSIC, Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta 37 49, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
    Sci Signal 5:ra35. 2012
  6. ncbi The mysterious evolutionary origin for the GNE gene and the root of bilateria
    Alex de Mendoza
    Departament de Genetica, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
    Mol Biol Evol 28:2987-91. 2011
  7. ncbi Phylogenetic relationships within the Opisthokonta based on phylogenomic analyses of conserved single-copy protein domains
    Guifré Torruella
    Departament de Genètica and Institut de Recerca en Biodiversitat Irbio, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
    Mol Biol Evol 29:531-44. 2012
  8. ncbi Ancient origin of the integrin-mediated adhesion and signaling machinery
    Arnau Sebé-Pedrós
    Departament de Genètica and Institut de Recerca en Biodiversitat, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 107:10142-7. 2010
  9. ncbi Phylogenomic evidence for a myxococcal contribution to the mitochondrial fatty acid beta-oxidation
    Agatha Schluter
    Neurometabolic Diseases Laboratory, Institut d Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge IDIBELL, L Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
    PLoS ONE 6:e21989. 2011
  10. ncbi The evolutionary history of lysine biosynthesis pathways within eukaryotes
    Guifré Torruella
    Departament de Genètica and Institut de Recerca en Biodiversitat Irbio, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
    J Mol Evol 69:240-8. 2009

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Publications12

  1. ncbi Evolution of the MAGUK protein gene family in premetazoan lineages
    Alex de Mendoza
    Departament de Genetica, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
    BMC Evol Biol 10:93. 2010
    ..To further investigate the evolutionary history of MAGUK, we have undertook a broader search for this gene family using available genomic sequences of different opisthokont taxa...
  2. ncbi A phylogenomic investigation into the origin of metazoa
    Inaki Ruiz-Trillo
    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
    Mol Biol Evol 25:664-72. 2008
    ..Understanding the function of "metazoan-specific" proteins we have identified in these protists will clarify the evolutionary steps that led to the emergence of the Metazoa...
  3. ncbi New genomes, new taxa and deep questions in the eukaryotic tree of life: a meeting report on the EMBO comparative genomics conference
    Alex de Mendoza
    Institut de Biologia Evolutiva UPF CSIC, Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta 37 49, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
    Evodevo 2:22. 2011
    ..ABSTRACT: A report on the meeting Comparative Genomics of Eukaryotic Microorganisms: understanding the complexity of diversity. Sant Feliu de Guíxols, Spain. October 15-20, 2011...
  4. ncbi Unexpected repertoire of metazoan transcription factors in the unicellular holozoan Capsaspora owczarzaki
    Arnau Sebé-Pedrós
    Departament de Genètica and Institut de Recerca en Biodiversitat Irbio, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
    Mol Biol Evol 28:1241-54. 2011
    ..Nonetheless, TF families whose beginnings antedate the origin of the animal kingdom, such as homeodomain or basic helix-loop-helix, underwent significant expansion and diversification along metazoan and eumetazoan stems...
  5. ncbi Genomic survey of premetazoans shows deep conservation of cytoplasmic tyrosine kinases and multiple radiations of receptor tyrosine kinases
    Hiroshi Suga
    Institut de Biologia Evolutiva UPF CSIC, Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta 37 49, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
    Sci Signal 5:ra35. 2012
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  6. ncbi The mysterious evolutionary origin for the GNE gene and the root of bilateria
    Alex de Mendoza
    Departament de Genetica, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
    Mol Biol Evol 28:2987-91. 2011
    ..However, rather than using GNE as a phylogenetic character, we argue that rare genomic changes such as the one presented here should be used with caution...
  7. ncbi Phylogenetic relationships within the Opisthokonta based on phylogenomic analyses of conserved single-copy protein domains
    Guifré Torruella
    Departament de Genètica and Institut de Recerca en Biodiversitat Irbio, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
    Mol Biol Evol 29:531-44. 2012
    ..These results represent independent tests of previous phylogenetic hypotheses, highlighting the importance of sophisticated approaches for orthology assignment in phylogenomic analyses...
  8. ncbi Ancient origin of the integrin-mediated adhesion and signaling machinery
    Arnau Sebé-Pedrós
    Departament de Genètica and Institut de Recerca en Biodiversitat, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 107:10142-7. 2010
    ..This underscores the importance of gene cooption in the unicellular-to-multicellular transition that led to the emergence of the Metazoa...
  9. ncbi Phylogenomic evidence for a myxococcal contribution to the mitochondrial fatty acid beta-oxidation
    Agatha Schluter
    Neurometabolic Diseases Laboratory, Institut d Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge IDIBELL, L Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
    PLoS ONE 6:e21989. 2011
    ..The growing availability of microbial genomes offers the possibility of analyzing the ancestry of eukaryotic genomes and testing previous hypotheses on their origins...
  10. ncbi The evolutionary history of lysine biosynthesis pathways within eukaryotes
    Guifré Torruella
    Departament de Genètica and Institut de Recerca en Biodiversitat Irbio, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
    J Mol Evol 69:240-8. 2009
    ..Overall, these observations represent new evidence that the role of LGT in the evolutionary history of eukaryotes may have been more significant than previously thought...
  11. ncbi Insights into the evolutionary origin and genome architecture of the unicellular opisthokonts Capsaspora owczarzaki and Sphaeroforma arctica
    Inaki Ruiz-Trillo
    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada B3H 1X5
    J Eukaryot Microbiol 53:379-84. 2006
    ..Finally, to begin characterizing the Capsaspora genome, we have performed pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) analyses, which indicate that its genome has at least 12 chromosomes with a total genome size in the range of 22-25 Mb...
  12. ncbi Sawyeria marylandensis (Heterolobosea) has a hydrogenosome with novel metabolic properties
    Maria José Barberà
    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
    Eukaryot Cell 9:1913-24. 2010
    ..Overall, these data suggest that Sawyeria marylandensis possesses a hydrogenosome of mitochondrial origin with a novel combination of biochemical and structural properties...