2020
A putative chordate luciferase from a cosmopolitan tunicate indicates convergent bioluminescence evolution across phyla
Tessler M, Gaffney JP, Oliveira AG, Guarnaccia A, Dobi KC, Gujarati NA, Galbraith M, Mirza JD, Sparks JS, Pieribone VA, Wood RJ, Gruber DF. A putative chordate luciferase from a cosmopolitan tunicate indicates convergent bioluminescence evolution across phyla. Scientific Reports 2020, 10: 17724. PMID: 33082360, PMCID: PMC7576829, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-73446-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnimal phylaPhylum ChordataSimilar genesWidespread genesBiogeochemical roleSequence matchesPhylaBrittle starsNovel luciferaseLuciferaseTunicatesGenesLight productionCoelenterazineBioluminescenceChordataTranscriptomeVertebratesDehalogenasesPyrosomesMachineryLuciferasesBloomsPyrosomaBiochemistry
2015
Transcriptome sequencing and annotation of the polychaete Hermodice carunculata (Annelida, Amphinomidae)
Mehr S, Verdes A, DeSalle R, Sparks J, Pieribone V, Gruber DF. Transcriptome sequencing and annotation of the polychaete Hermodice carunculata (Annelida, Amphinomidae). BMC Genomics 2015, 16: 445. PMID: 26059236, PMCID: PMC4462082, DOI: 10.1186/s12864-015-1565-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsGene Expression ProfilingHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingMolecular Sequence AnnotationOpen Reading FramesPhylogenyPolychaetaSequence Analysis, RNASignal TransductionConceptsOpen reading frameAvailable genomic dataHermodice carunculataGenomic dataDe novo transcriptome assemblyNon-model organismsNovo transcriptome assemblyDeep transcriptome sequencingCoral reef ecosystemsGene Ontology termsGene expression profilingKnowledge of reproductionTranscriptome assemblyReef organismsCoral diseasesGene discoveryPhylogenetic positionReef ecosystemsTranscriptome sequencingWestern Atlantic OceanPhylogenetic analysisH. carunculataOntology termsHomology searchImmune response genes
2013
Transcriptome deep-sequencing and clustering of expressed isoforms from Favia corals
Pooyaei Mehr SF, DeSalle R, Kao HT, Narechania A, Han Z, Tchernov D, Pieribone V, Gruber DF. Transcriptome deep-sequencing and clustering of expressed isoforms from Favia corals. BMC Genomics 2013, 14: 546. PMID: 23937070, PMCID: PMC3751062, DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-14-546.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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