Jessica C. Kissinger

piggyBacis an effective tool for functional analysis of the Plasmodium falciparumgenome (2009)

Balu, Bharath, Chauhan, Chitra, Maher, Steven P, Shoue, Douglas A, Kissinger, Jessica C, Fraser, Malcolm J, ...

Abstract Background Much of the Plasmodium falciparum genome encodes hypothetical proteins with limited homology to other organisms. A lack of robust tools for genetic manipulation of the parasite...

Identification and functional characterization of cis-regulatory elements in the apicomplexan parasite Toxoplasma gondii (2009)

Mullapudi, Nandita, Joseph, Sandeep J, Kissinger, Jessica C

Abstract Background Toxoplasma gondii is a member of the phylum Apicomplexa, which consists entirely of parasitic organisms that cause several diseases of veterinary and human importance. Fundamental...

GiardiaDB and TrichDB: integrated genomic resources for the eukaryotic protist pathogens Giardia lamblia and Trichomonas vaginalis (2009)

Aurrecoechea, Cristina, Brestelli, John, Brunk, Brian P., Carlton, Jane M., Dommer, Jennifer, Fischer, Steve, ...

GiardiaDB (http://GiardiaDB.org) and TrichDB (http://TrichDB.org) house the genome databases for Giardia lamblia and Trichomonas vaginalis, respectively, and represent the latest additions to the...

PlasmoDB: a functional genomic database for malaria parasites (2009)

Aurrecoechea, Cristina, Brestelli, John, Brunk, Brian P., Dommer, Jennifer, Fischer, Steve, Gajria, Bindu, ...

PlasmoDB (http://PlasmoDB.org) is a functional genomic database for Plasmodium spp. that provides a resource for data analysis and visualization in a gene-by-gene or genome-wide scale. PlasmoDB...

SchistoDB: a Schistosoma mansoni genome resource (2009)

Zerlotini, Adhemar, Heiges, Mark, Wang, Haiming, Moraes, Romulo L. V., Dominitini, Anderson J., Ruiz, Jerônimo C., ...

SchistoDB (http://schistoDB.net/) is a genomic database for the parasitic organism Schistosoma mansoni, one of the major causative agents of schistosomiasis worldwide. It currently incorporates...

WS-BioZard: A Wizard for Composing Bioinformatics Web Services (2008)

Zhiming Wang, John A. Miller, Jessica C. Kissinger

As the amount of biological data continues to increase, how biologists share data and analysis tools efficiently is becoming an important issue. Web service technology is a promising solution because...

GiardiaDB and TrichDB : integrated genomic resources for the eukaryotic protist pathogens Giardia lamblia and Trichomonas vaginalis (2008)

Aurrecoechea, Cristina, Brestelli, John, Brunk, Brian P., Carlton, Jane M., Dommer, Jennifer, Fischer, Steve, ...

© 2008 The Authors. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License. The definitive version was published in Nucleic Acids...

Consistent and contrasting properties of lineage-specific genes in the apicomplexan parasites Plasmodiumand Theileria (2008)

Kuo, Chih-Horng, Kissinger, Jessica C

Abstract Background Lineage-specific genes, the genes that are restricted to a limited subset of related organisms, may be important in adaptation. In parasitic organisms, lineage-specific gene...

ToxoDB: an integrated Toxoplasma gondii database resource (2008)

Gajria, Bindu, Bahl, Amit, Brestelli, John, Dommer, Jennifer, Fischer, Steve, Gao, Xin, ...

ToxoDB (http://ToxoDB.org) is a genome and functional genomic database for the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii. It incorporates the sequence and annotation of the T. gondii ME49 strain, as well...

Identification of Diverse Archaeal Proteins with Class III Signal Peptides Cleaved by Distinct Archaeal Prepilin Peptidases (2007)

Szabó, Zalán, Oliveira Stahl, Adriana, Albers, Sonja-V., Kissinger, Jessica C., Driessen, Arnold J.M., Pohlschröder, Mechthild

Most secreted archaeal proteins are targeted to the membrane via a tripartite signal composed of a charged N terminus and a hydrophobic domain, followed by a signal peptidase-processing site. Signal...

A Comparison of Federated Databases with Web Services for the Integration of Bioinformatics Data (2007)

Zhiming Wang, Xin Gao, Congzhou He, John A. Miller, Jessica C. Kissinger, Mark Heiges, ...

Abstract- Between technological breakthroughs and new computational approaches, the amount of biological data is increasing explosively. Currently, there are many data integration approaches that can...

ApiDB: integrated resources for the apicomplexan bioinformatics resource center (2007)

Aurrecoechea, Cristina, Heiges, Mark, Wang, Haiming, Wang, Zhiming, Fischer, Steve, Rhodes, Philippa, ...

ApiDB (http://ApiDB.org) represents a unified entry point for the NIH-funded Apicomplexan Bioinformatics Resource Center (BRC) that integrates numerous database resources and multiple data types. The...

SynView: a GBrowse-compatible approach to visualizing comparative genome data (2006)

Wang, Haiming, Su, Yanqi, Mackey, Aaron J., Kraemer, Eileen T., Kissinger, Jessica C.

Summary: We present SynView, a simple and generic approach to dynamically visualize multi-species comparative genome data. It is a light-weight application based on the popular and configurable...

CryptoDB: a Cryptosporidium bioinformatics resource update (2006)

Heiges, Mark, Wang, Haiming, Robinson, Edward, Aurrecoechea, Cristina, Gao, Xin, Kaluskar, Nivedita, ...

The database, CryptoDB (http://CryptoDB.org), is a community bioinformatics resource for the AIDS-related apicomplexan-parasite, Cryptosporidium. CryptoDB integrates whole genome sequence and...

TcruziDB: an integrated, post-genomics community resource for Trypanosoma cruzi (2006)

Agüero, Fernán, Zheng, Wenlong, Weatherly, D. Brent, Mendes, Pablo, Kissinger, Jessica C.

TcruziDB (http://TcruziDB.org) is an integrated post-genomics database for the parasitic organism, Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas' disease. TcruziDB was established in 2003 as a...

Analysis of the First and Second Internal Transcribed Spacer Sequences of the Ribosomal DNA in Biomphalaria tenagophila   Complex (Mollusca: Planorbidae) (2004)

Jessica C Kissinger, Rodrigo AF Redondo, Edina CR Pires, Andrew JG Simpson, Omar S Carvalho

The first and second internal transcribed spacer regions (ITS1 and ITS2) of the ribosomal DNA of Biomphalaria tenagophila   complex (B. tenagophila, B. occidentalis, and B. t. guaibensis) were...

Analysis of the first and second internal transcribed spacer sequences of the ribosomal DNA in Biomphalaria tenagophila complex (Mollusca: Planorbidae) (2004)

Vidigal,Teofânia HDA, Spatz,Linus, Kissinger,Jessica C, Redondo,Rodrigo AF, Pires,Edina CR, Simpson,Andrew JG, ...

The first and second internal transcribed spacer regions (ITS1 and ITS2) of the ribosomal DNA of Biomphalaria tenagophila complex (B. tenagophila, B. occidentalis, and B. t. guaibensis) were...

Analysis of the first and second internal transcribed spacer sequences of the ribosomal DNA in Biomphalaria tenagophila complex (Mollusca: Planorbidae) (2004)

Spatz, Linus, Kissinger, Jessica C., Redondo, Rodrigo A. F., Pires, Edina C. R., Simpson, Andrew J. G., ...

The first and second internal transcribed spacer regions (ITS1 and ITS2) of the ribosomal DNA of Biomphalaria tenagophila complex (B. tenagophila, B. occidentalis, and B. t. guaibensis) were...

CryptoDB: the Cryptosporidium genome resource (2004)

Puiu, Daniela, Enomoto, Shinichiro, Buck, Gregory A., Abrahamsen, Mitchell S., Kissinger, Jessica C.

CryptoDB (http://CryptoDB.org) represents a collaborative effort to locate all genome data for the apicomplexan parasite Cryptosporidium parvum in a single user‐friendly database. CryptoDB...

TcruziDB: an integrated Trypanosoma cruzi genome resource (2004)

Luchtan, Michael, Warade, Chetna, Weatherly, D. Brent, Degrave, Wim M., Tarleton, Rick L., Kissinger, Jessica C.

TcruziDB (http://TcruziDB.org) is an integrated genome database for the parasitic organism Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas’ disease. The database currently incorporates all...

PlasmoDB: the Plasmodium genome resource. A database integrating experimental and computational data (2003)

Bahl, Amit, Brunk, Brian, Crabtree, Jonathan, Fraunholz, Martin J., Gajria, Bindu, Grant, Gregory R., ...

PlasmoDB (http://PlasmoDB.org) is the official database of the Plasmodium falciparum genome sequencing consortium. This resource incorporates the recently completed P. falciparum genome sequence and...

ToxoDB: accessing the Toxoplasma gondii genome (2003)

Kissinger, Jessica C., Gajria, Bindu, Li, Li, Paulsen, Ian T., Roos, David S.

ToxoDB (http://ToxoDB.org) provides a genome resource for the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii. Several sequencing projects devoted to T. gondii have been completed or are in progress: an EST...

MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF THE AVIAN MALARIAL PARASITE PLASMODIUM (NOVYELLA) JUXTANUCLEARE (2002)

Jessica C. Kissinger, Cleber O. Soares, Rick Paul, Allison M. Wahl, Dharmendar Rathore, ...

Plasmodium (Novyella) juxtanucleare is a widely distributed parasite that primarily infects chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus). All species of Novyella are characterized by very small schizonts,...

PlasmoDB: the Plasmodium genome resource. An integrated database providing tools for accessing, analyzing and mapping expression and sequence data (both finished and unfinished) (2002)

Bahl, Amit, Brunk, Brian, Coppel, Ross L., Crabtree, Jonathan, Diskin, Sharon J., Fraunholz, Martin J., ...

PlasmoDB (http://PlasmoDB.org) is the official database of the Plasmodium falciparum genome sequencing consortium. This resource incorporates finished and draft genome sequence data and...

Chloroplast transit peptide prediction: a peek inside the black box (2001)

Schein, Andrew I., Kissinger, Jessica C., Ungar, Lyle H.

Previous work in predicting protein localization to the chloroplast organelle in plants led to the development of an artificial neural network-based approach capable of remarkable accuracy in its...

Nuclear-Encoded, Plastid-Targeted Genes Suggest a Single Common Origin for Apicomplexan and Dinoflagellate Plastids (2001)

Fast, Naomi M., Kissinger, Jessica C., Roos, David S., Keeling, Patrick J.

The phylum Apicomplexa encompasses a large number of intracellular protozoan parasites, including the causative agents of malaria (Plasmodium), toxoplasmosis (Toxoplasma), and many other human and...

Chloroplast transit peptide prediction: a peek inside the black box

Schein, Andrew I., Kissinger, Jessica C., Ungar, Lyle H.

Previous work in predicting protein localization to the chloroplast organelle in plants led to the development of an artificial neural network-based approach capable of remarkable accuracy in its...

AVP2, a Sequence-Divergent, K+-Insensitive H+-Translocating Inorganic Pyrophosphatase from Arabidopsis1

Drozdowicz, Yolanda M., Kissinger, Jessica C., Rea, Philip A.

Plant vacuolar H+-translocating inorganic pyrophosphatases (V-PPases; EC 3.6.1.1) have been considered to constitute a family of functionally and structurally monotonous intrinsic membrane proteins....

PlasmoDB: the Plasmodium genome resource. An integrated database providing tools for accessing, analyzing and mapping expression and sequence data (both finished and unfinished)

Bahl, Amit, Brunk, Brian, Coppel, Ross L., Crabtree, Jonathan, Diskin, Sharon J., Fraunholz, Martin J., ...

PlasmoDB (http://PlasmoDB.org) is the official database of the Plasmodium falciparum genome sequencing consortium. This resource incorporates finished and draft genome sequence data and annotation...

ToxoDB: accessing the Toxoplasma gondii genome

Kissinger, Jessica C., Gajria, Bindu, Li, Li, Paulsen, Ian T., Roos, David S.

ToxoDB (http://ToxoDB.org) provides a genome resource for the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii. Several sequencing projects devoted to T. gondii have been completed or are in progress: an EST...

PlasmoDB: the Plasmodium genome resource. A database integrating experimental and computational data

Bahl, Amit, Brunk, Brian, Crabtree, Jonathan, Fraunholz, Martin J., Gajria, Bindu, Grant, Gregory R., ...

PlasmoDB (http://PlasmoDB.org) is the official database of the Plasmodium falciparum genome sequencing consortium. This resource incorporates the recently completed P. falciparum genome sequence and...

TcruziDB: an integrated Trypanosoma cruzi genome resource

Luchtan, Michael, Warade, Chetna, Weatherly, D. Brent, Degrave, Wim M., Tarleton, Rick L., Kissinger, Jessica C.

TcruziDB (http://TcruziDB.org) is an integrated genome database for the parasitic organism Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas’ disease. The database currently incorporates all...

CryptoDB: the Cryptosporidium genome resource

Puiu, Daniela, Enomoto, Shinichiro, Buck, Gregory A., Abrahamsen, Mitchell S., Kissinger, Jessica C.

CryptoDB (http://CryptoDB.org) represents a collaborative effort to locate all genome data for the apicomplexan parasite Cryptosporidium parvum in a single user-friendly database. CryptoDB currently...

Gene transfer in the evolution of parasite nucleotide biosynthesis

Striepen, Boris, Pruijssers, Andrea J. P., Huang, Jinling, Li, Catherine, Gubbels, Marc-Jan, Umejiego, Nwakaso N., ...

Nucleotide metabolic pathways provide numerous successful targets for antiparasitic chemotherapy, but the human pathogen Cryptosporidium parvum thus far has proved extraordinarily refractory to...

Gene Discovery in the Apicomplexa as Revealed by EST Sequencing and Assembly of a Comparative Gene Database

Li, Li, Brunk, Brian P., Kissinger, Jessica C., Pape, Deana, Tang, Keliang, Cole, Robert H., ...

Large-scale EST sequencing projects for several important parasites within the phylum Apicomplexa were undertaken for the purpose of gene discovery. Included were several parasites of medical...

Phylogenomic evidence supports past endosymbiosis, intracellular and horizontal gene transfer in Cryptosporidium parvum

Huang, Jinling, Mullapudi, Nandita, Lancto, Cheryl A, Scott, Marla, Abrahamsen, Mitchell S, Kissinger, Jessica C

An analysis of Cryptosporidium parvum genes of likely endosymbiont or prokaryotic origin supports the hypothesis that C. arvum evolved from a plastid-containing lineage.

CryptoDB: a Cryptosporidium bioinformatics resource update

Heiges, Mark, Wang, Haiming, Robinson, Edward, Aurrecoechea, Cristina, Gao, Xin, Kaluskar, Nivedita, ...

The database, CryptoDB (), is a community bioinformatics resource for the AIDS-related apicomplexan-parasite, Cryptosporidium. CryptoDB integrates whole genome sequence and annotation with expressed...

TcruziDB: an integrated, post-genomics community resource for Trypanosoma cruzi

Agüero, Fernán, Zheng, Wenlong, Weatherly, D. Brent, Mendes, Pablo, Kissinger, Jessica C.

TcruziDB () is an integrated post-genomics database for the parasitic organism, Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas' disease. TcruziDB was established in 2003 as a flat-file database...

ApiDB: integrated resources for the apicomplexan bioinformatics resource center

Aurrecoechea, Cristina, Heiges, Mark, Wang, Haiming, Wang, Zhiming, Fischer, Steve, Rhodes, Philippa, ...

ApiDB () represents a unified entry point for the NIH-funded Apicomplexan Bioinformatics Resource Center (BRC) that integrates numerous database resources and multiple data types. The phylum...

Mining the Plasmodium genome database to define organellar function: what does the apicoplast do?

Roos, David S, Crawford, Michael J, Donald, Robert G K, Fraunholz, Martin, Harb, Omar S, He, Cynthia Y, ...

Apicomplexan species constitute a diverse group of parasitic protozoa, which are responsible for a wide range of diseases in many organisms. Despite differences in the diseases they cause, these...

Identification of Diverse Archaeal Proteins with Class III Signal Peptides Cleaved by Distinct Archaeal Prepilin Peptidases▿ †

Szabó, Zalán, Stahl, Adriana Oliveira, Albers, Sonja-V., Kissinger, Jessica C., Driessen, Arnold J. M., Pohlschröder, Mechthild

Most secreted archaeal proteins are targeted to the membrane via a tripartite signal composed of a charged N terminus and a hydrophobic domain, followed by a signal peptidase-processing site. Signal...

ToxoDB: an integrated Toxoplasma gondii database resource

Gajria, Bindu, Bahl, Amit, Brestelli, John, Dommer, Jennifer, Fischer, Steve, Gao, Xin, ...

ToxoDB (http://ToxoDB.org) is a genome and functional genomic database for the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii. It incorporates the sequence and annotation of the T. gondii ME49 strain, as well...

The Apicomplexan Whole-Genome Phylogeny: An Analysis of Incongruence among Gene Trees

Kuo, Chih-Horng, Wares, John P., Kissinger, Jessica C.

The protistan phylum Apicomplexa contains many important pathogens and is the subject of intense genome sequencing efforts. Based upon the genome sequences from seven apicomplexan species and a...

Identification and functional characterization of cis-regulatory elements in the apicomplexan parasite Toxoplasma gondii

Mullapudi, Nandita, Joseph, Sandeep J, Kissinger, Jessica C

Mining of genomic sequence data of the apicomplexan parasite Toxoplasma gondii identifies putative cis-regulatory elements using a de novo approach.

GiardiaDB and TrichDB: integrated genomic resources for the eukaryotic protist pathogens Giardia lamblia and Trichomonas vaginalis

Aurrecoechea, Cristina, Brestelli, John, Brunk, Brian P., Carlton, Jane M., Dommer, Jennifer, Fischer, Steve, ...

GiardiaDB (http://GiardiaDB.org) and TrichDB (http://TrichDB.org) house the genome databases for Giardia lamblia and Trichomonas vaginalis, respectively, and represent the latest additions to the...

SchistoDB: a Schistosoma mansoni genome resource

Zerlotini, Adhemar, Heiges, Mark, Wang, Haiming, Moraes, Romulo L. V., Dominitini, Anderson J., Ruiz, Jerônimo C., ...

SchistoDB (http://schistoDB.net/) is a genomic database for the parasitic organism Schistosoma mansoni, one of the major causative agents of schistosomiasis worldwide. It currently incorporates...

PlasmoDB: a functional genomic database for malaria parasites

Aurrecoechea, Cristina, Brestelli, John, Brunk, Brian P., Dommer, Jennifer, Fischer, Steve, Gajria, Bindu, ...

PlasmoDB (http://PlasmoDB.org) is a functional genomic database for Plasmodium spp. that provides a resource for data analysis and visualization in a gene-by-gene or genome-wide scale. PlasmoDB...