2023
Experimental Evolution of the TolC-Receptor Phage U136B Functionally Identifies a Tail Fiber Protein Involved in Adsorption through Strong Parallel Adaptation
Burmeister A, Tzintzun-Tapia E, Roush C, Mangal I, Barahman R, Bjornson R, Turner P. Experimental Evolution of the TolC-Receptor Phage U136B Functionally Identifies a Tail Fiber Protein Involved in Adsorption through Strong Parallel Adaptation. Applied And Environmental Microbiology 2023, 89: e00079-23. PMID: 37191555, PMCID: PMC10304864, DOI: 10.1128/aem.00079-23.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExperimental evolutionPhage populationsParallel molecular evolutionWhole-population sequencingAntibiotic resistance proteinsTail fiber proteinE. coli hostPhage evolutionEvolutionary potentialMolecular evolutionPhage genotypesTolC proteinParallel adaptationProtein geneAntibiotic resistanceExperimental populationsBacterial diversitySelection pressureBacterial hostsColi hostFiber proteinBacterial populationsBacterial cellsPhage resistancePhage dynamics
2013
STOCHASTIC TEMPERATURES IMPEDE RNA VIRUS ADAPTATION
Alto BW, Wasik BR, Morales NM, Turner PE. STOCHASTIC TEMPERATURES IMPEDE RNA VIRUS ADAPTATION. Evolution 2013, 67: 969-979. PMID: 23550749, DOI: 10.1111/evo.12034.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFitness gainsVesicular stomatitis virusEvolution of generalistsConvergent molecular evolutionEvolution of specializationCell-binding proteinsMolecular evolutionGenome substitutionsConstant environmentVirus adaptationSequence analysisRNA virusesG geneVirus populationsStomatitis virusMolecular changesLineagesGeneralistsTemperature treatmentKey roleEvolutionGenesLociVirusProtein