2015
Adaptive Evolution of Eel Fluorescent Proteins from Fatty Acid Binding Proteins Produces Bright Fluorescence in the Marine Environment
Gruber DF, Gaffney JP, Mehr S, DeSalle R, Sparks JS, Platisa J, Pieribone VA. Adaptive Evolution of Eel Fluorescent Proteins from Fatty Acid Binding Proteins Produces Bright Fluorescence in the Marine Environment. PLOS ONE 2015, 10: e0140972. PMID: 26561348, PMCID: PMC4641735, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140972.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcid-binding proteinFluorescent proteinFatty acid-binding proteinDuplication eventsGene duplication eventsStrong positive selectionNew fluorescent proteinsMarine environmentAdaptive evolutionEvolutionary switchCryptic genusVertebrate ordersVertebrate taxaPhylogenetic reconstructionProtein familyPhylogenetic analysisSequence motifsSister groupEvolutionary adaptationTranscriptomic analysisPositive selectionFatty acid binding proteinAcid binding proteinBinding proteinBright green fluorescence
1999
Molecular evolution of the synapsin gene family
Kao H, Porton B, Hilfiker S, Stefani G, Pieribone V, DeSalle R, Greengard P. Molecular evolution of the synapsin gene family. Journal Of Experimental Zoology 1999, 285: 360-377. PMID: 10578110, DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-010x(19991215)285:4<360::aid-jez4>3.0.co;2-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSynapsin gene familyGene familySynapsin genesGene duplication eventsEvolution of vertebratesVariety of invertebratesSynaptic vesicle proteinsDuplication eventsMolecular evolutionMolecular phylogenyAncestral conditionHigher vertebratesFruit flyRegulation of neurotransmissionVesicle proteinsAdditional speciesProtein sequencesLongfin squidNeuronal phosphoproteinSynapsinVertebratesSpeciesGenesJ. ExpFamily