Sequence Homology

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A five-gene phylogeny of Pezizomycotina. 
  • A framework phylogeny of the American oak clade based on sequenced RAD data. 
  • A new identity for MLK3 as an NIMA-related, cell cycle-regulated kinase that is localized near centrosomes and influences microtubule organization. 
  • A novel alternative splice domain in zebrafish tenascin-C. 
  • Afforestation alters the composition of functional genes in soil and biogeochemical processes in South American grasslands. 
  • Aquacultured rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) possess a large core intestinal microbiota that is resistant to variation in diet and rearing density. 
  • COCO-CL: hierarchical clustering of homology relations based on evolutionary correlations. 
  • Clonal amplification and maternal-infant transmission of nevirapine-resistant HIV-1 variants in breast milk following single-dose nevirapine prophylaxis. 
  • Cloning of an aquaporin homologue present in water channel containing endosomes of toad urinary bladder. 
  • Complete genomic nucleotide sequence of the temperate bacteriophage Aa Phi 23 of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans. 
  • Computational tools for understanding sequence variability in recombination signals. 
  • Deciphering human immunodeficiency virus type 1 transmission and early envelope diversification by single-genome amplification and sequencing. 
  • Detection of a novel astrovirus from a black-naped monarch (Hypothymis azurea) in Cambodia. 
  • Differential molecular mechanism of the estrogen action that regulates lactoferrin gene in human and mouse. 
  • Differential screening of a human chromosome 3 library identifies hepatocyte growth factor-like/macrophage-stimulating protein and its receptor in injured lung. Possible implications for neuroendocrine cell survival. 
  • Dopamine receptors in a songbird brain. 
  • Duplicated zinc finger protein genes on the proximal short arm of the human X chromosome: isolation, characterization and X-inactivation studies. 
  • Eurotiomycetes: Eurotiomycetidae and Chaetothyriomycetidae. 
  • Evolution of a malaria resistance gene in wild primates. 
  • Expression of Sry, the mouse sex determining gene. 
  • Gene flow and competitive exclusion of avian influenza A virus in natural reservoir hosts. 
  • Genomes of Ashbya fungi isolated from insects reveal four mating-type loci, numerous translocations, lack of transposons, and distinct gene duplications. 
  • Genotypic diversity of coagulase-negative staphylococci causing endocarditis: a global perspective. 
  • Human G(alpha q): cDNA and tissue distribution. 
  • Identification and expression of voltage-gated calcium channel beta subunits in Zebrafish. 
  • Identifying sequence similarities between DNA molecules. 
  • Indole-3-acetic acid biosynthesis is deficient in Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus strains with mutations in cytochrome c biogenesis genes. 
  • Induction of spine growth and synapse formation by regulation of the spine actin cytoskeleton. 
  • Local replication of simian immunodeficiency virus in the breast milk compartment of chronically-infected, lactating rhesus monkeys. 
  • Major clades of Agaricales: a multilocus phylogenetic overview. 
  • Mammalian Y chromosomes retain widely expressed dosage-sensitive regulators. 
  • Mapping of ionomic traits in Mimulus guttatus reveals Mo and Cd QTLs that colocalize with MOT1 homologues. 
  • Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the Papionina using concatenation and species tree methods. 
  • New insights into classification and evolution of the Lecanoromycetes (Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota) from phylogenetic analyses of three ribosomal RNA- and two protein-coding genes. 
  • Novel Insights into Chromosome Evolution in Birds, Archosaurs, and Reptiles. 
  • Novel circular DNA viruses in stool samples of wild-living chimpanzees. 
  • Origin and evolution of HIV-1 in breast milk determined by single-genome amplification and sequencing. 
  • Purification, amino acid sequence, synthesis, and receptor selectivity of alligator gastrin. 
  • Quantitating the multiplicity of infection with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 subtype C reveals a non-poisson distribution of transmitted variants. 
  • Sakacin P non-producing Lactobacillus sakei strains contain homologues of the sakacin P gene cluster. 
  • Structural basis of the intrasteric regulation of myosin light chain kinases. 
  • Structure and function of CC-chemokine receptor 5 homologues derived from representative primate species and subspecies of the taxonomic suborders Prosimii and Anthropoidea. 
  • Systematics of the genus Chaetosphaeria and its allied genera: morphological and phylogenetic diversity in north temperate and neotropical taxa. 
  • The development and genetic diversity of H5N1 influenza virus in China, 1996-2006. 
  • The distribution of feline immunodeficiency virus in tissue compartments of feral domestic cats. 
  • When is homology not homology? 
  • apex: phylogenetics with multiple genes. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Alberts, Susan C., Robert F. Durden Professor of Biology, Duke Science & Society
  • Erickson, Harold Paul, James B. Duke Professor of Cell Biology, Biomedical Engineering
  • Kelsoe, Garnett H., James B. Duke Professor of Immunology, Immunology
  • Wray, Gregory Allan, Professor of Biology, Duke Innovation & Entrepreneurship