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Symbiont shuffling induces differential DNA methylation responses to thermal stress in the coral Montastraea cavernosa by Rodriguez‐Casariego, Javier A., Cunning, Ross, Baker, Andrew C., Eirin‐Lopez, Jose M.

“…Algal symbiont shuffling in favour of more thermotolerant species has been shown to enhance coral resistance to heat‐stress. Yet, the mechanistic underpinnings…”
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Relationships between phenotypic plasticity and epigenetic variation in two Caribbean Acropora corals by Hackerott, Serena, Virdis, Francesca, Flood, Peter J., Souto, Daniel Garcia, Paez, Wendy, Eirin‐Lopez, Jose M.

“…The plastic ability for a range of phenotypes to be exhibited by the same genotype allows organisms to respond to environmental variation and may modulate…”
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Origin and evolution of chromosomal sperm proteins by Eirin-Lopez, Jose M, Ausio, Juan

“…In the eukaryotic cell, DNA compaction is achieved through its interaction with histones, constituting a nucleoprotein complex called chromatin. During…”
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Invertebrate methylomes provide insight into mechanisms of environmental tolerance and reveal methodological biases by Trigg, Shelly A., Venkataraman, Yaamini R., Gavery, Mackenzie R., Roberts, Steven B., Bhattacharya, Debashish, Downey‐Wall, Alan, Eirin‐Lopez, Jose M., Johnson, Kevin M., Lotterhos, Katie E., Puritz, Jonathan B., Putnam, Hollie M.

“…There is a growing focus on the role of DNA methylation in the ability of marine invertebrates to rapidly respond to changing environmental factors and…”
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Age group DNA methylation differences in lemon sharks (Negaprion brevirostris): Implications for future age estimation tools by Beal, Andria Paige, Hackerott, Serena, Feldheim, Kevin, Gruber, Samuel H., Eirin‐Lopez, Jose M.

“…Age information is often non‐existent for most shark populations due to a lack of measurable physiological and morphological traits that can be used to…”
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Vertebrate nucleoplasmin and NASP: egg histone storage proteins with multiple chaperone activities by Finn, Ron M., Ellard, Katherine, Eirín‐López, José M., Ausió, Juan

“…Recent reviews have focused on the structure and function of histone chaperones involved in different aspects of somatic cell chromatin metabolism. One of the…”
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Marine Environmental Epigenetics by Eirin-Lopez, Jose M, Putnam, Hollie M

“…Marine organisms' persistence hinges on the capacity for acclimatization and adaptation to the myriad of interacting environmental stressors associated with…”
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Coral epigenetic responses to nutrient stress: Histone H2A.X phosphorylation dynamics and DNA methylation in the staghorn coral Acropora cervicornis by Rodriguez‐Casariego, Javier A., Ladd, Mark C., Shantz, Andrew A., Lopes, Christian, Cheema, Manjinder S., Kim, Bohyun, Roberts, Steven B., Fourqurean, James W., Ausio, Juan, Burkepile, Deron E., Eirin‐Lopez, Jose M.

“…Nutrient pollution and thermal stress constitute two of the main drivers of global change in the coastal oceans. While different studies have addressed the…”
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Histone H2A (H2A.X and H2A.Z) variants in molluscs: molecular characterization and potential implications for chromatin dynamics by González-Romero, Rodrigo, Rivera-Casas, Ciro, Frehlick, Lindsay J, Méndez, Josefina, Ausió, Juan, Eirín-López, José M

“…Histone variants are used by the cell to build specialized nucleosomes, replacing canonical histones and generating functionally specialized chromatin domains…”
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H2A.Bbd: an X-chromosome-encoded histone involved in mammalian spermiogenesis by Ishibashi, Toyotaka, Li, Andra, Eirín-López, José M, Zhao, Ming, Missiaen, Kristal, Abbott, D. Wade, Meistrich, Marvin, Hendzel, Michael J, Ausió, Juan

“…Despite the identification of H2A.Bbd as a new vertebrate-specific replacement histone variant several years ago, and despite the many in vitro structural…”
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The comparative study of five sex-determining proteins across insects unveils high rates of evolution at basal components of the sex determination cascade by Eirin-Lopez, Jose M, Sanchez, Lucas

“…In insects, the sex determination cascade is composed of genes that interact with each other in a strict hierarchical manner, constituting a coadapted gene…”
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An Unusual Role for doublesex in Sex Determination in the Dipteran Sciara by Ruiz, María Fernanda, Alvarez, Mercedes, Eirín-López, José M, Sarno, Francesca, Kremer, Leonor, Barbero, José L, Sánchez, Lucas

“…The gene doublesex, which is placed at the bottom of the sex-determination gene cascade, plays the ultimate discriminatory role for sex determination in…”
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The evolutionary differentiation of two histone H2A.Z variants in chordates (H2A.Z-1 and H2A.Z-2) is mediated by a stepwise mutation process that affects three amino acid residues by Eirín-López, José M, González-Romero, Rodrigo, Dryhurst, Deanna, Ishibashi, Toyotaka, Ausió, Juan

“…The histone H2A family encompasses the greatest number of core histone variants of which the replacement variant H2A.Z is currently one of the most heavily…”
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Early Genotoxic and Cytotoxic Effects of the Toxic Dinoflagellate Prorocentrum lima in the Mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis by Prego-Faraldo, María Verónica, Valdiglesias, Vanessa, Laffon, Blanca, Mendez, Josefina, Eirin-Lopez, Jose M

“…Okadaic acid (OA) and dinophysistoxins (DTXs) are the main toxins responsible for diarrhetic shellfish poisoning (DSP) intoxications during harmful algal…”
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Long-Term Evolution and Functional Diversification in the Members of the Nucleophosmin/Nucleoplasmin Family of Nuclear Chaperones by Eirin-Lopez, Jose M, Frehlick, Lindsay J, Ausio, Juan

“…The proper assembly of basic proteins with nucleic acids is a reaction that must be facilitated to prevent protein aggregation and formation of nonspecific…”
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Common phylogenetic origin of protamine-like (PL) proteins and histone H1: Evidence from bivalve PL genes by Eirín-López, José M, Lewis, John D, Howe, Le Ann, Ausió, Juan

“…Sperm nuclear basic proteins (SNBPs) can be grouped into three main categories: histone (H) type, protamine (P) type, and protamine-like (PL) type…”
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A computer lab exploring evolutionary aspects of chromatin structure and dynamics for an undergraduate chromatin course by Eirín‐López, José M.

“…The study of chromatin constitutes one of the most active research fields in life sciences, being subject to constant revisions that continuously redefine the…”
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Early Evolution of Histone Genes: Prevalence of an 'Orphon' H1 Lineage in Protostomes and Birth-and-Death Process in the H2A Family by Gonzalez-Romero, Rodrigo, Ausio, Juan, Mendez, Josefina, Eirin-Lopez, Jose M

“…The study of histone evolution has experienced a rebirth, for two main reasons: the identification of new essential histone variants responsible for regulating…”
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Protamines from liverwort are produced by post-translational cleavage and C-terminal di-aminopropanelation of several male germ-specific H1 histones by D’Ippolito, Robert Anthony, Minamino, Naoki, Rivera-Casas, Ciro, Cheema, Manjinder S., Bai, Dina L., Kasinsky, Harold E., Shabanowitz, Jeffrey, Eirin-Lopez, Jose M., Ueda, Takashi, Hunt, Donald F., Ausió, Juan

“…Protamines are small, highly-specialized, arginine-rich, and intrinsically-disordered chromosomal proteins that replace histones during spermiogenesis in many…”
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Effects of Florida Red Tides on histone variant expression and DNA methylation in the Eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica by Gonzalez-Romero, Rodrigo, Suarez-Ulloa, Victoria, Rodriguez-Casariego, Javier, Garcia-Souto, Daniel, Diaz, Gabriel, Smith, Abraham, Pasantes, Juan Jose, Rand, Gary, Eirin-Lopez, Jose M.

“…Massive algal proliferations known as Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) represent one of the most important threats to coastal areas. Among them, the so-called…”
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