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Microsporidian Infection in a Free-Living Marine Nematode by Ardila-Garcia, A. M., Fast, N. M.

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Functional Heterogeneity of Cytokines and Cytolytic Effector Molecules in Human CD8+ T Lymphocytes by Sandberg, Johan K, Fast, Noam M, Nixon, Douglas F

“…CD8(+) T cells use a number of effector mechanisms to protect the host against infection. We have studied human CD8(+) T cells specific for CMV pp65(495-503)…”
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Prp8 in a Reduced Spliceosome Lacks a Conserved Toggle that Correlates with Splicing Complexity across Diverse Taxa by Garside, E.L., Whelan, T.A., Stark, M.R., Rader, S.D., Fast, N.M., MacMillan, A.M.

“…Conformational rearrangements are critical to regulating the assembly and activity of the spliceosome. The spliceosomal protein Prp8 undergoes multiple…”
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Phylogenetic analysis of the TATA box binding protein (TBP) gene from Nosema locustae: evidence for a microsporidia-fungi relationship and spliceosomal intron loss by Fast, N M, Logsdon, Jr, J M, Doolittle, W F

“…Microsporidia are obligate intracellular parasites which infect a broad range of animal hosts, including insects, fish, and mammals. Outside a host cell,…”
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MICROSPORIDIA: Biology and Evolution of Highly Reduced Intracellular Parasites by Keeling, Patrick J, Fast, Naomi M

“…Microsporidia are a large group of microbial eukaryotes composed exclusively of obligate intracellular parasites of other eukaryotes. Almost 150 years of…”
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Nuclear-encoded, plastid-targeted genes suggest a single common origin for apicomplexan and dinoflagellate plastids by Fast, N M, Kissinger, J C, Roos, D S, Keeling, P J

“…The phylum Apicomplexa encompasses a large number of intracellular protozoan parasites, including the causative agents of malaria (Plasmodium), toxoplasmosis…”
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Morphogenesis during division and griseofulvin-induced changes of the microtubular cytoskeleton in the parasitic protist, Trichomonas vaginalis by NOËL, C, GERBOD, D, DELGADO-VISCOGLIOSI, P, FAST, N. M, BEN YOUNES, A, CHOSE, O, ROSETO, A, CAPRON, M, VISCOGLIOSI, E

“…The behavior of microtubular structures during division was followed by immunofluorescence in Trichomonas vaginalis using an anti-alpha-tubulin monoclonal…”
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Genome Compaction and Stability in Microsporidian Intracellular Parasites by Slamovits, Claudio H, Fast, Naomi M, Law, Joyce S, Keeling, Patrick J

“…Microsporidian genomes are extraordinary among eukaryotes for their extreme reduction: although they are similar in form to other eukaryotic genomes, they are…”
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Alpha and beta subunits of pyruvate dehydrogenase E1 from the microsporidian Nosema locustae: mitochondrion-derived carbon metabolism in microsporidia by Fast, Naomi M, Keeling, Patrick J

“…Microsporidia are highly adapted eukaryotic intracellular parasites that infect a variety of animals. Microsporidia contain no recognisable mitochondrion, but…”
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Molecular phylogenies of Parabasalia inferred from four protein genes and comparison with rRNA trees by Gerbod, Delphine, Sanders, Emily, Moriya, Shigeharu, Noël, Christophe, Takasu, Hirotoshi, Fast, Naomi M, Delgado-Viscogliosi, Pilar, Ohkuma, Moriya, Kudo, Toshiaki, Capron, Monique, Palmer, Jeffrey D, Keeling, Patrick J, Viscogliosi, Eric

“…The molecular phylogeny of parabasalids has mainly been inferred from small subunit (SSU) rRNA sequences and has conflicted substantially with systematics…”
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Bacterial Catalase in the Microsporidian Nosema locustae: Implications for Microsporidian Metabolism and Genome Evolution by Fast, Naomi M, Law, Joyce S, Williams, Bryony A P, Keeling, Patrick J

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Quantification of HIV-1-specific T-cell responses at the mucosal cervicovaginal surface by SHACKLETT, Barbara L, CU-UVIN, Susan, BEADLE, Thomas J, PACE, Christine A, FAST, Noam M, DONAHUE, Shannon M, CALIENDO, Angela M, FLANIGAN, Timothy P, CARPENTER, Charles C. J, NIXON, Douglas F

“…To characterize HIV-1 specific cellular immune responses at mucosal surfaces using a rapid, sensitive enzyme-linked immuno-spot (ELISPOT) technique…”
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Trichomonas vaginalis possesses a gene encoding the essential spliceosomal component, PRP8 by Fast, Naomi M., Doolittle, W.Ford

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U2 and U6 snRNA genes in the microsporidian Nosema locustae: Evidence for a functional spliceosome by Fast, Naomi M., Roger, Andrew J., Richardson, Claire A., Doolittle, W. Ford

“…The removal of introns from pre-messenger RNA is mediated by the spliceosome, a large complex composed of many proteins and five small nuclear RNAs (snRNAs)…”
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Assessing the microsporidia-fungi relationship: Combined phylogenetic analysis of eight genes by Gill, Erin E., Fast, Naomi M.

“…Microsporidia are unicellular eukaryotes that are obligate parasites of a variety of animals. For many years, microsporidia were thought to be an early…”
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Multiple protein phylogenies show that Oxyrrhis marina and Perkinsus marinus are early branches of the dinoflagellate lineage by Saldarriaga, Juan F, McEwan, Michelle L, Fast, Naomi M, Taylor, F. J. R, Keeling, Patrick J

“…Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, 6270 University Boulevard, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z4 Correspondence Juan F. Saldarriaga Saldarriaga…”
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Constrained intron structures in a microsporidian by Lee, Renny C H, Gill, Erin E, Roy, Scott W, Fast, Naomi M

“…The 2.9-Mbp genome of the microsporidian Encephalitozoon cuniculi is severely reduced and compacted, possessing only 16 known tiny spliceosomal introns. Based…”
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Tubulins in Trichomonas vaginalis: Molecular Characterization of α-Tubulin Genes, Posttranslational Modifications, and Homology Modeling of the Tubulin Dimer by NOËL, CHRISTOPHE, GERBOD, DELPHINE, FAST, NAOMI. M, WINTJENS, RENÉ, DELGADO-VISCOGLIOSI, PILAR, DOOLITTLE, W. FORD, VISCOGLIOSI, ERIC

“…We have isolated and analysed an α-tubulin-encoding gene (atub1) in an early-diverging eukaryote, Trichomonas vaginalis. The complete atub1 open reading frame…”
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Selfish DNA: The best defense is a good offense by Edgell, David R, Fast, Naomi M, Doolittle, W.Ford

“…The recent discovery of novel biochemical activities of intron-encoded endonucleases emphasizes the selfish nature of mobile genetic elements…”
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Splicing and transcription differ between spore and intracellular life stages in the parasitic microsporidia by Gill, Erin E, Lee, Renny C H, Corradi, Nicolas, Grisdale, Cameron J, Limpright, Valerie O, Keeling, Patrick J, Fast, Naomi M

“…Microsporidia are a diverse group of highly derived fungal relatives that are intracellular parasites of many animals. Both transcription and introns have been…”
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