John P McCutcheon

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Affiliation: University of Montana
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi The bacterial essence of tiny symbiont genomes
    John P McCutcheon
    Center for Insect Science, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
    Curr Opin Microbiol 13:73-8. 2010
  2. ncbi Functional convergence in reduced genomes of bacterial symbionts spanning 200 My of evolution
    John P McCutcheon
    Center for Insect Science, University of Arizona, Arizona, USA
    Genome Biol Evol 2:708-18. 2010
  3. ncbi An interdependent metabolic patchwork in the nested symbiosis of mealybugs
    John P McCutcheon
    Center for Insect Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
    Curr Biol 21:1366-72. 2011
  4. ncbi Extreme genome reduction in symbiotic bacteria
    John P McCutcheon
    University of Montana, Division of Biological Sciences, 32 Campus Drive, HS104, Missoula, Montana 59812, USA
    Nat Rev Microbiol 10:13-26. 2012
  5. ncbi Convergent evolution of metabolic roles in bacterial co-symbionts of insects
    John P McCutcheon
    Center for Insect Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106:15394-9. 2009
  6. ncbi Genomics and evolution of heritable bacterial symbionts
    Nancy A Moran
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA
    Annu Rev Genet 42:165-90. 2008
  7. ncbi Origin of an alternative genetic code in the extremely small and GC-rich genome of a bacterial symbiont
    John P McCutcheon
    Center for Insect Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
    PLoS Genet 5:e1000565. 2009
  8. ncbi An AT mutational bias in the tiny GC-rich endosymbiont genome of Hodgkinia
    James T Van Leuven
    Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, USA
    Genome Biol Evol 4:24-7. 2012
  9. ncbi Parallel genomic evolution and metabolic interdependence in an ancient symbiosis
    John P McCutcheon
    Center for Insect Science and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 0088, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104:19392-7. 2007

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Publications9

  1. ncbi The bacterial essence of tiny symbiont genomes
    John P McCutcheon
    Center for Insect Science, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
    Curr Opin Microbiol 13:73-8. 2010
    ..New data from various systems with symbiotic bacterial or archaeal partners have begun to shed light on how these bacteria may function with such small gene sets, but major mechanistic questions remain...
  2. ncbi Functional convergence in reduced genomes of bacterial symbionts spanning 200 My of evolution
    John P McCutcheon
    Center for Insect Science, University of Arizona, Arizona, USA
    Genome Biol Evol 2:708-18. 2010
    ....
  3. ncbi An interdependent metabolic patchwork in the nested symbiosis of mealybugs
    John P McCutcheon
    Center for Insect Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
    Curr Biol 21:1366-72. 2011
    ....
  4. ncbi Extreme genome reduction in symbiotic bacteria
    John P McCutcheon
    University of Montana, Division of Biological Sciences, 32 Campus Drive, HS104, Missoula, Montana 59812, USA
    Nat Rev Microbiol 10:13-26. 2012
    ..These discoveries have implications for the concept of minimal genomes, the origins of cellular organelles, and studies of symbiosis and host-associated microbiota...
  5. ncbi Convergent evolution of metabolic roles in bacterial co-symbionts of insects
    John P McCutcheon
    Center for Insect Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106:15394-9. 2009
    ....
  6. ncbi Genomics and evolution of heritable bacterial symbionts
    Nancy A Moran
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA
    Annu Rev Genet 42:165-90. 2008
    ..In addition, insect symbionts provide some of the extremes of cellular genomes, including the smallest and the fastest evolving, raising new questions about the limits of evolution of life...
  7. ncbi Origin of an alternative genetic code in the extremely small and GC-rich genome of a bacterial symbiont
    John P McCutcheon
    Center for Insect Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
    PLoS Genet 5:e1000565. 2009
    ..Although it is not clear why this tiny genome lacks the low GC content typical of other small bacterial genomes, these observations support a role of genome reduction rather than base composition as a driver of codon reassignment...
  8. ncbi An AT mutational bias in the tiny GC-rich endosymbiont genome of Hodgkinia
    James T Van Leuven
    Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, USA
    Genome Biol Evol 4:24-7. 2012
    ..These results provide further evidence that an AT mutational bias is universal in bacteria, even in strict endosymbionts with elevated genomic GC contents...
  9. ncbi Parallel genomic evolution and metabolic interdependence in an ancient symbiosis
    John P McCutcheon
    Center for Insect Science and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 0088, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104:19392-7. 2007
    ..Analysis of the coding capacities of Sulcia and Baumannia reveals striking complementarity in metabolic capabilities...