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
2007
Dynamic Regulation of Fluorescent Proteins from a Single Species of Coral
Kao HT, Sturgis S, DeSalle R, Tsai J, Davis D, Gruber DF, Pieribone VA. Dynamic Regulation of Fluorescent Proteins from a Single Species of Coral. Marine Biotechnology 2007, 9: 733-746. PMID: 17955294, DOI: 10.1007/s10126-007-9025-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAnthozoaBase SequenceDNA PrimersEnvironmentGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression RegulationLuminescent ProteinsMolecular Sequence DataPhylogenyPigmentationReproducibility of ResultsReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRNA, Ribosomal, 18SSensitivity and SpecificityStatistics as TopicTubulinConceptsFluorescent proteinMontastraea cavernosaSingle speciesBelizean Barrier ReefGroup of proteinsFluorescent protein familyNatural functionProtein familyDynamic regulationBarrier ReefProteinSpeciesOverall expressionCoralsPhysiological conditionsCurrent hypothesesExpressionNatural colorationReefsDistinct spectral classesColorationBetter understandingRegulationTurneffeFamily