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Genomes and Genes | Roger S HolmesSummaryAffiliation: Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research Country: USA Publications
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Opossum carboxylesterases: sequences, phylogeny and evidence for CES gene duplication events predating the marsupial-eutherian common ancestorRoger S Holmes
Department of Genetics, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio, TX, USA
BMC Evol Biol 8:54. 2008..We also discuss the likely sequence of gene duplication events generating multiple CES genes during vertebrate evolution...
Vertebrate endothelial lipase: comparative studies of an ancient gene and protein in vertebrate evolutionRoger S Holmes
Department of Genetics, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio, TX 78227, USA
Genetica 139:291-304. 2011..It is apparent that the triglyceride lipase ancestral gene for the vertebrate LIPG gene predated the appearance of fish during vertebrate evolution >500 million years ago...
Recommended nomenclature for five mammalian carboxylesterase gene families: human, mouse, and rat genes and proteinsRoger S Holmes
Department of Genetics, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio, TX 78227 5301, USA
Mamm Genome 21:427-41. 2010..It also serves as a model for naming CES genes from other mammalian species...
Comparative studies of mammalian acid lipases: Evidence for a new gene family in mouse and rat (Lipo)Roger S Holmes
Department of Genetics, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio, TX, USA
Comp Biochem Physiol Part D Genomics Proteomics 5:217-26. 2010....
Mammalian carboxylesterase 3: comparative genomics and proteomicsRoger S Holmes
Department of Genetics, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio, TX 78227, USA
Genetica 138:695-708. 2010..Phylogenetic analyses demonstrated the relationships and potential evolutionary origins of the mammalian CES3 family of genes which were related to but distinct from other mammalian CES gene families...
Horse carboxylesterases: evidence for six CES1 and four families of CES genes on chromosome 3Roger S Holmes
Department of Genetics, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio, TX 78227, USA
Comp Biochem Physiol Part D Genomics Proteomics 4:54-65. 2009..Several CES1 gene duplication events have apparently occurred following the appearance of the 'dawn' horse approximately 55 million years ago...
Comparative studies of vertebrate lipoprotein lipase: a key enzyme of very low density lipoprotein metabolismRoger S Holmes
Department of Genetics, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, USA
Comp Biochem Physiol Part D Genomics Proteomics 6:224-34. 2011..Comparative divergence rates for these vertebrate sequences indicated that LPL is evolving more slowly (2-3 times) than for LIPC and LIPG genes and proteins...
Baboon carboxylesterases 1 and 2: sequences, structures and phylogenetic relationships with human and other primate carboxylesterasesRoger S Holmes
Department of Genetics, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio, TX 78227, USA
J Med Primatol 38:27-38. 2009....
A new class of mammalian carboxylesterase CES6Roger S Holmes
Department of Genetics, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio, TX, USA
Comp Biochem Physiol Part D Genomics Proteomics 4:209-17. 2009..CES6 may play a role in the detoxification of drugs and xenobiotics in neural and other tissues of the body and in the cerebrospinal fluid...
Mammalian carboxylesterase 5: comparative biochemistry and genomicsRoger S Holmes
Department of Genetics, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio, TX, USA
Comp Biochem Physiol Part D Genomics Proteomics 3:195-204. 2008..Roles for CES5 may include regulating urinary levels of male cat pheromones; catalysing lipid transfer reactions within mammalian male reproductive fluids; and protecting neural tissue from drugs and xenobiotics...
Bovine Carboxylesterases: Evidence for Two CES1 and Five Families of CES Genes on Chromosome 18Roger S Holmes
Department of Genetics, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio, TX, USA
Comp Biochem Physiol Part D Genomics Proteomics 4:11-20. 2009..In addition, a subsequent CES1 gene duplication event is proposed during mammalian evolution prior to the appearance of the Bovidae common ancestor ~ 20 MY ago...
Comparative Structures and Evolution of Vertebrate Carboxyl Ester Lipase (CEL) Genes and Proteins with a Major Role in Reverse Cholesterol TransportRoger S Holmes
Department of Genetics, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, TX 78245 0549, USA
Cholesterol 2011:781643. 2011..Phylogenetic analyses demonstrated the relationships and potential evolutionary origins of the vertebrate CEL family of genes which were related to a nematode carboxylesterase (CES) gene and five mammalian CES gene families...
