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Genomes and GenesSpecies | Monica MedinaSummaryAffiliation: University of California Country: USA Publications
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Effects of temperature on gene expression in embryos of the coral Montastraea faveolataChristian R Voolstra
1Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
BMC Genomics 10:627. 2009..Embryos were exposed to 27.5 degrees C, 29.0 degrees C, and 31.5 degrees C directly after fertilization. Differences in gene expression were measured after 12 and 48 hours...- Coral life history and symbiosis: functional genomic resources for two reef building Caribbean corals, Acropora palmata and Montastraea faveolataJodi A Schwarz
Biology Department, Vassar College, 124 Raymond Avenue, Poughkeepsie, NY 12604, USA
BMC Genomics 9:97. 2008..To develop a foundation for studying coral biology and coral symbiosis, we have constructed a set of cDNA libraries and generated and annotated ESTs from two species of corals, Acropora palmata and Montastraea faveolata... - Genomes, phylogeny, and evolutionary systems biologyMonica Medina
Department of Evolutionary Genomics, Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, CA 94598, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 102:6630-5. 2005..Here, I present an overview, with an emphasis on eukaryotes, of how the postgenomics era is adopting comparative approaches that go beyond comparisons among model organisms to shape the nascent field of evolutionary systems biology... 
Crawling through time: Transition of snails to slugs dating back to the Paleozoic, based on mitochondrial phylogenomicsMonica Medina
Evolutionary Genomics, DOE Joint Genome Institute, 2800 Mitchell Drive, Walnut Creek, CA 94598, USA
Mar Genomics 4:51-9. 2011..Finally we use molecular clock dating that suggests an earlier opisthobranch divergence than previously reported. The implications of this evolutionary scenario are discussed...- Naked corals: skeleton loss in ScleractiniaMonica Medina
Department of Evolutionary Genomics, Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, 2800 Mitchell Drive, Walnut Creek, CA 94598, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103:9096-100. 2006..Corallimorpharians escaped extinction from aragonite skeletal dissolution, but some modern stony corals may not have such fortunate fates under the pressure of increased anthropogenic CO(2) in the ocean... - Symbiont genomics, our new tangled bankM Medina
School of Natural Sciences, University of California, Merced, 5200 N Lake Road, Merced, CA 95343, USA
Genomics 95:129-37. 2010..Throughout we describe the questions that these techniques are tackling and we conclude by listing a series of unanswered questions in microbial symbiosis that can potentially be addressed with the new technologies... - The host transcriptome remains unaltered during the establishment of coral-algal symbiosesChristian R Voolstra
School of Natural Sciences, University of California, Merced, CA 95344, USA
Mol Ecol 18:1823-33. 2009..Our data suggest that successful coral-algal symbioses depend mainly on the symbionts' ability to enter the host in a stealth manner rather than a more active response from the coral host... - Bacterial diversity and White Plague Disease-associated community changes in the Caribbean coral Montastraea faveolataShinichi Sunagawa
School of Natural Sciences, University of California, Merced, CA 95344, USA
ISME J 3:512-21. 2009..faveolata colonies and resulted in (or be a result of) an increase in opportunistic pathogens... - Threatened corals provide underexplored microbial habitatsShinichi Sunagawa
School of Natural Sciences, University of California Merced, Merced, California, United States of America
PLoS ONE 5:e9554. 2010..Given that two of the coral species investigated are listed as threatened under the U.S. Endangered Species Act, our results add an important microbial diversity-based perspective to the significance of conserving coral reefs... - Evolutionary analysis of orthologous cDNA sequences from cultured and symbiotic dinoflagellate symbionts of reef-building corals (Dinophyceae: Symbiodinium)Christian R Voolstra
School of Natural Sciences, University of California, Merced, P O Box 2039, Merced, CA 95344, USA
Comp Biochem Physiol Part D Genomics Proteomics 4:67-74. 2009..This study is the first evolutionary comparative analysis of orthologs from two coral dinoflagellate symbionts... 
Gene expression microarray analysis encompassing metamorphosis and the onset of calcification in the scleractinian coral Montastraea faveolataAlejandro Reyes-Bermudez
School of Natural Sciences, University of California Merced, P O Box 2039, Merced, CA 95344, USA
Mar Genomics 2:149-59. 2009..Our results also point to a large number of uncharacterized adult coral-specific genes likely involved in coral-specific functions such as symbiosis and calcification...- Identification and gene expression analysis of a taxonomically restricted cysteine-rich protein family in reef-building coralsShinichi Sunagawa
School of Natural Sciences, University of California Merced, Merced, California, United States of America
PLoS ONE 4:e4865. 2009.... - Generation and analysis of transcriptomic resources for a model system on the rise: the sea anemone Aiptasia pallida and its dinoflagellate endosymbiontShinichi Sunagawa
School of Natural Sciences, University of California, Merced, CA 95344, USA
BMC Genomics 10:258. 2009..a system that is gaining popularity as a model to study cellular, molecular, and genomic questions related to cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbioses... - Hyperthermic stress-induced increase in the expression of glutamate-cysteine ligase and glutathione levels in the symbiotic sea anemone Aiptasia pallidaShinichi Sunagawa
School of Natural Sciences, University of California, Merced, California, USA
Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 151:133-8. 2008..Our results show the conserved function of GCLC and GSH across animals while placing a new perspective on the role of GSH in redox signaling during cnidarian bleaching... - High rate of mobilization for blaCTX-MsMiriam Barlow
University of California, Merced, California 95344, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 14:423-8. 2008..That divergence has mainly occurred in the presence of purifying selection, which indicates a slow rate of evolution for blaCTX-Ms in the pre-antimicrobial drug era... - Sequencing and comparing whole mitochondrial genomes of animalsJeffrey L Boore
Evolutionary Genomics Department, Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute and Lawrence, Berkeley National Lab, Walnut Creek, California 94598, USA
Methods Enzymol 395:311-48. 2005..On several topics, we offer general observations based on our experiences with determining and comparing complete mitochondrial DNA sequences... - The draft genome of Ciona intestinalis: insights into chordate and vertebrate originsParamvir Dehal
U S Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, 2800 Mitchell Drive, Walnut Creek, CA 94598, USA
Science 298:2157-67. 2002..The ascidian genome has also acquired a number of lineage-specific innovations, including a group of genes engaged in cellulose metabolism that are related to those in bacteria and fungi...