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Soil bacterial assemblage responses to wildfire in low elevation southern California habitats by Cox, Elena, Cavalcanti, André R O, Crane, 3rd, Edward J, Meyer, 3rd, Wallace M

“…Understanding how wildfires and modification in plant assemblages interact to influence soil bacteria assemblages is a crucial step in understanding how these…”
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Selection for tandem stop codons in ciliate species with reassigned stop codons by Fleming, Ira, Cavalcanti, Andre R O

“…The failure of mRNA translation machinery to recognize a stop codon as a termination signal and subsequent translation of the 3' untranslated region (UTR) is…”
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Flower-Visiting Insect Assemblages on Fall-Blooming Native California Sage Scrub Shrubs by Dartnell, Sofia, Cavalcanti, Andre R. O, Misaki Bluebell, Ayame, Hamlett, Nancy V, Crane, Edward J, Meyer, Wallace M

“…Pollinator studies in the endangered California sage scrub ecosystem have focused on spring insect assemblages, when most plant species bloom. Consequently,…”
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The trail less traveled: Envisioning a new approach to identifying key food resources for threatened Hawaiian arboreal snails by Meyer III, Wallace M., Hayes, Kenneth A., Yeung, Norine W., Crane III, Edward J., Turvey, Alexandra, LeBlanc, Claire, Cavalcanti, Andre R. O.

“…Our understanding of Hawaiian arboreal snails’ diets remains rudimentary, hindering the development of effective conservation strategies. To identify important…”
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An Alternative Look at Code Evolution: Using Non-canonical Codes to Evaluate Adaptive and Historic Models for the Origin of the Genetic Code by Morgens, David W., Cavalcanti, Andre R. O.

“…The canonical code has been shown many times to be highly robust against point mutations; that is, mutations that change a single nucleotide tend to result in…”
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Multiple independent fusions of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase with enzymes in the pentose phosphate pathway by Stover, Nicholas A, Dixon, Thomas A, Cavalcanti, Andre R O

“…Fusions of the first two enzymes in the pentose phosphate pathway, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) and 6-phosphogluconolactonase (6PGL), have been…”
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A model for the evolution of extremely fragmented macronuclei in ciliates by Morgens, David W, Lindbergh, Kristen M, Adachi, Marie, Radunskaya, Ami, Cavalcanti, Andre R O

“…While all ciliates possess nuclear dimorphism, several ciliates - like those in the classes Phyllopharyngea, Spirotrichea, and Armophorea - have an extreme…”
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Tandem Stop Codons in Ciliates That Reassign Stop Codons by Adachi, Marie, Cavalcanti, Andre R. O.

“…Tandem stop codons are extra stop codons hypothesized to be present downstream of genes to act as a backup in case of read-through of the real stop codon…”
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The pathway to detangle a scrambled gene by Möllenbeck, Matthias, Zhou, Yi, Cavalcanti, Andre R O, Jönsson, Franziska, Higgins, Brian P, Chang, Wei-Jen, Juranek, Stefan, Doak, Thomas G, Rozenberg, Grzegorz, Lipps, Hans J, Landweber, Laura F

“…Programmed DNA elimination and reorganization frequently occur during cellular differentiation. Development of the somatic macronucleus in some ciliates…”
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Cytological studies in four species of Mesosetum (Arthropogoninae) reveal the lowest chromosome number among the Neotropical Poaceae by Ribeiro, André R. O, Sousa, Mayco W. S, de Oliveira, Regina C, Araujo, Ana C. G, Fagg, Christopher W, Pozzobon, Marisa T

“…Until recently, the basic chromosome number x = 8 was suggested for the Mesosetum genus, which was considered rare in the subtribe Arthropogoninae (Poaceae,…”
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Novel population genetics in ciliates due to life cycle and nuclear dimorphism by Morgens, David W, Stutz, Timothy C, Cavalcanti, Andre R O

“…Our understanding of population genetics comes primarily from studies of organisms with canonical life cycles and nuclear organization, either haploid or…”
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Detection of fused genes in eukaryotic genomes using gene deFuser: analysis of the Tetrahymena thermophila genome by Salim, Hannah M W, Koire, Amanda M, Stover, Nicholas A, Cavalcanti, Andre R O

“…Fused genes are important sources of data for studies of evolution and protein function. To date no service has been made available online to aid in the…”
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Ambushing the Ambush Hypothesis: predicting and evaluating off-frame codon frequencies in prokaryotic genomes by Morgens, David W, Chang, Charlotte H, Cavalcanti, Andre R O

“…In this paper, we address the evidence for the Ambush Hypothesis. Proposed by Seligmann and Pollock, this hypothesis posits that there exists a selection for…”
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Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases in human health and disease by Turvey, Alexandra K., Horvath, Gabriella A., Cavalcanti, André R. O.

“…The Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetases (aaRSs) are an evolutionarily ancient family of enzymes that catalyze the esterification reaction linking a transfer RNA (tRNA)…”
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Amitotic Chromosome Loss Predicts Distinct Patterns of Senescence and Non-Senescence in Ciliates by Morgens, David W., Cavalcanti, Andre R.O.

“…Over time and repeated asexual divisions, many ciliate species display the characteristics of senescence, reduced fecundity and increased mortality. Their only…”
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Discovery of Red-Shifting Mutations in Firefly Luciferase Using High-Throughput Biochemistry by Colee, Clair M., Oberlag, Nicole M., Simon, Marcell, Chapman, Owen S., Flanagan, Lyndsey C., Reid-McLaughlin, Edison S., Gewing-Mullins, Jordan A., Maiche, Synaida, Patel, Devi F., Cavalcanti, Andre R. O., Leconte, Aaron M.

“…Photinus pyralis luciferase (FLuc) has proven a valuable tool for bioluminescence imaging, but much of the light emitted from the native enzyme is absorbed by…”
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1+1 = 3: a fusion of 2 enzymes in the methionine salvage pathway of Tetrahymena thermophila creates a trifunctional enzyme that catalyzes 3 steps in the pathway by Salim, Hannah M W, Negritto, Maria Cristina, Cavalcanti, Andre R O

“…The methionine salvage pathway is responsible for regenerating methionine from its derivative, methylthioadenosine. The complete set of enzymes of the…”
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Consequences of Stop Codon Reassignment on Protein Evolution in Ciliates with Alternative Genetic Codes by Ring, Karen Lee, Cavalcanti, Andre R. O.

“…Tetrahymena thermophila and Paramecium tetraurelia are ciliates that reassign TAA and TAG from stop codons to glutamine codons. Because of the lack of full…”
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Gene Unscrambler for detangling scrambled genes in ciliates by Cavalcanti, Andre R. O., Landweber, Laura F.

“…Scrambled genes are surprisingly common in some species of ciliates. Until now there was no software available to analyze automatically these genes. We present…”
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Herbivore Influence on Post-Fire California Sage Scrub Plant and Soil Microbial Assemblages by Meyer, Wallace M, Halligan, Caitlin, Thomey, Lilleana, Madunich-Arévalo, Kyra, Parry, Celia, Scaff, Riley, Macy, Rowan, Jones, Ivy, Halligan, Erin, Jaramillo, Ana, Phan, Amy N. T, Thierry, Sindimwo, Crane, Edward J, Cavalcanti, André R. O

“…California sage scrub (CSS) is an endangered, shrub-dominated, southern California ecosystem type threatened by increasing fire frequencies and conversion to…”
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