Joana C. Silva

The protist Trichomonas vaginalisharbors multiple lineages of transcriptionally active Mutator-like elements (2009)

Lopes, Fabrício R, Silva, Joana C, Benchimol, Marlene, Costa, Gustavo GL, Pereira, Gonçalo AG, Carareto, Claudia MA

Abstract Background For three decades the Mutator system was thought to be exclusive of plants, until the first homolog representatives were characterized in fungi and in early-diverging amoebas...

IDEA: Interactive Display for Evolutionary Analyses (2008)

Egan, Amy, Mahurkar, Anup, Crabtree, Jonathan, Badger, Jonathan H, Carlton, Jane M, Silva, Joana C

Abstract Background The availability of complete genomic sequences for hundreds of organisms promises to make obtaining genome-wide estimates of substitution rates, selective constraints and other...

Properties of non-coding DNA and identification of putative cis-regulatory elements in Theileria parva (2008)

Guo, Xiang, Silva, Joana C

Abstract Background Parasites in the genus Theileria cause lymphoproliferative diseases in cattle, resulting in enormous socio-economic losses. The availability of the genome sequences and annotation...

Characterization of paralogous protein families in rice (2008)

Lin, Haining, Ouyang, Shu, Egan, Amy, Nobuta, Kan, Haas, Brian J, Zhu, Wei, ...

Abstract Background High gene numbers in plant genomes reflect polyploidy and major gene duplication events. Oryza sativa , cultivated rice, is a diploid monocotyledonous species with a ~390 Mb...

BioMed Central Software IDEA: Interactive Display for Evolutionary Analyses (2008)

Bmc Bioinformatics, Amy Egan, Anup Mahurkar, Jonathan Crabtree, Jonathan H Badger, Jane M Carlton, ...

© 2008 Egan et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License

Draft genome sequence of the sexually transmitted pathogen Trichomonas vaginalis (2007)

Carlton, Jane M., Hirt, Robert P., Silva, Joana C., Delcher, Arthur L., Schatz, Michael, Zhao, Qi, ...

We describe the genome sequence of the protist Trichomonas vaginalis, a sexually transmitted human pathogen. Repeats and transposable elements comprise about two-thirds of the ~160-megabase genome,...

Draft genome sequence of the sexually transmitted pathogen Trichomonas vaginalis (2007)

Carlton, Jane M., Hirt, Robert ., Silva, Joana C., Delcher, Arthur L., Schatz, Michael, Zhao, Qi, ...

We describe the genome sequence of the protist Trichomonas vaginalis, a sexually transmitted human pathogen. Repeats and transposable elements comprise about two-thirds of the similar to 160-megabase...

Draft genome sequence of the sexually transmitted pathogen Trichomonas vaginalis (2007)

Carlton, Jane M., Hirt, Robert ., Silva, Joana C., Delcher, Arthur L., Schatz, Michael, Zhao, Qi, ...

We describe the genome sequence of the protist Trichomonas vaginalis, a sexually transmitted human pathogen. Repeats and transposable elements comprise about two-thirds of the similar to 160-megabase...

Macronuclear genome sequence of the ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila, a model eukaryote. (2006)

Eisen, Jonathan A, Coyne, Robert S, Wu, Martin, Wu, Dongying, Thiagarajan, Mathangi, Wortman, Jennifer R, ...

The ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila is a model organism for molecular and cellular biology. Like other ciliates, this species has separate germline and soma functions that are embodied by distinct...

Macronuclear Genome Sequence of the Ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila, a Model Eukaryote (2006)

Eisen, Jonathan A, Coyne, Robert S, Wu, Martin, Wu, Dongying, Thiagarajan, Mathangi, Wortman, Jennifer R, ...

The ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila is a model organism for molecular and cellular biology. Like other ciliates, this species has separate germline and soma functions that are embodied by distinct...

Macronuclear Genome Sequence of the Ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila, a Model Eukaryote (2006)

Jonathan A. Eisen, Robert S. Coyne, Martin Wu, Dongying Wu, Mathangi Thiagarajan, Jennifer R. Wortman, ...

The ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila is a model organism for molecular and cellular biology. Like other ciliates, this species has separate germline and soma functions that are embodied by distinct...

Intron gain and loss in segmentally duplicated genes in rice (2006)

Lin, Haining, Zhu, Wei, Silva, Joana C, Gu, Xun, Buell, C Robin

Abstract Background Introns are under less selection pressure than exons, and consequently, intronic sequences have a higher rate of gain and loss than exons. In a number of plant species, a large...

Macronuclear Genome Sequence of the Ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila, a Model Eukaryote (2006)

Eisen, Jonathan A., Coyne, Robert S., Wu, Martin, Wu, Dongying, Thiagarajan, Mathangi, Wortman, Jennifer R., ...

The ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila is a model organism for molecular and cellular biology. Like other ciliates, this species has separate germline and soma functions that are embodied by distinct...

Macronuclear Genome Sequence of the Ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila, a Model Eukaryote (2006)

Eisen, Jonathan A., Coyne, Robert S., Wu, Martin, Wu, Dongying, Thiagarajan, Mathangi, Wortman, Jennifer R., ...

The ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila is a model organism for molecular and cellular biology. Like other ciliates, this species has separate germline and soma functions that are embodied by distinct...

A Potentially Functional Mariner Transposable Element in the Protist Trichomonas vaginalis (2005)

Silva, Joana C., Bastida, Felix, Bidwell, Shelby L., Johnson, Patricia J., Carlton, Jane M.

Mariner transposable elements encoding a D,D34D motif–bearing transposase are characterized by their pervasiveness among, and exclusivity to, animal phyla. To date, several hundred sequences have...

A Potentially Functional Mariner Transposable Element in the Protist Trichomonas vaginalis (2004)

Silva, Joana C., Bastida, Felix, Bidwell, Shelby L., Johnson, Patricia J., Carlton, Jane M.

Mariner transposable elements encoding a D,D34D motif-bearing transposase are characterized by their pervasiveness among, and exclusivity to, animal phyla. To date several hundred sequences have been...

A Potentially Functional Mariner Transposable Element in the Protist Trichomonas vaginalis (2004)

Silva, Joana C., Bastida, Felix, Bidwell, Shelby L., Johnson, Patricia J., Carlton, Jane M.

Mariner transposable elements encoding a D,D34D motif-bearing transposase are characterized by their pervasiveness among, and exclusivity to, animal phyla. To date several hundred sequences have been...

Horizontal Transfer and Selection in the Evolution of P Elements (2000)

Silva, Joana C., Kidwell, Margaret G.

The roles of selection and horizontal transfer in the evolution of the canonical subfamily of P elements were studied in the saltans and willistoni species groups of the genus Drosophila (subgenus...

A Potentially Functional Mariner Transposable Element in the Protist Trichomonas vaginalis

Silva, Joana C., Bastida, Felix, Bidwell, Shelby L., Johnson, Patricia J., Carlton, Jane M.

Mariner transposable elements encoding a D,D34D motif-bearing transposase are characterized by their pervasiveness among, and exclusivity to, animal phyla. To date several hundred sequences have been...

Evolution of P Elements in Natural Populations of Drosophila willistoni and D. sturtevanti

Silva, Joana C., Kidwell, Margaret G.

To determine how population structure of the host species affects the spread of transposable elements and to assess the strength of selection acting on different structural regions, we sequenced P...

Macronuclear Genome Sequence of the Ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila, a Model Eukaryote

Eisen, Jonathan A, Coyne, Robert S, Wu, Martin, Wu, Dongying, Thiagarajan, Mathangi, Wortman, Jennifer R, ...

The ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila is a model organism for molecular and cellular biology. Like other ciliates, this species has separate germline and soma functions that are embodied by distinct...

Evolution of P Elements in Natural Populations of Drosophila willistoni and D. sturtevanti

Silva, Joana C., Kidwell, Margaret G.

To determine how population structure of the host species affects the spread of transposable elements and to assess the strength of selection acting on different structural regions, we sequenced P...

Macronuclear Genome Sequence of the Ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila, a Model Eukaryote

Eisen, Jonathan A, Coyne, Robert S, Wu, Martin, Wu, Dongying, Thiagarajan, Mathangi, Wortman, Jennifer R, ...

The ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila is a model organism for molecular and cellular biology. Like other ciliates, this species has separate germline and soma functions that are embodied by distinct...

Intron gain and loss in segmentally duplicated genes in rice

Lin, Haining, Zhu, Wei, Silva, Joana C, Gu, Xun, Buell, C Robin

Analysis of over 3,000 co-linear paired genes in rice shows more intron loss than intron gain following segmental duplication.

Genomic Islands in the Pathogenic Filamentous Fungus Aspergillus fumigatus

Fedorova, Natalie D., Khaldi, Nora, Joardar, Vinita S., Maiti, Rama, Amedeo, Paolo, Anderson, Michael J., ...

We present the genome sequences of a new clinical isolate of the important human pathogen, Aspergillus fumigatus, A1163, and two closely related but rarely pathogenic species, Neosartorya fischeri...