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Molecular evidence for origin, diversification and ancient gene duplication of plant subtilases (SBTs).

Authors:
Yan Xu Sibo Wang Linzhou Li Sunil Kumar Sahu Morten Petersen Xin Liu Michael Melkonian Gengyun Zhang Huan Liu

Sci Rep 2019 Aug 28;9(1):12485. Epub 2019 Aug 28.

BGI-Shenzhen, Beishan Industrial Zone, Yantian District, Shenzhen, 518083, China.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-48664-6DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6713707PMC
August 2019

Gains and losses of metabolic function inferred from a phylotranscriptomic analysis of algae.

Authors:
Falicia Qi Yun Goh Justin Jeyakani Phornpimon Tipthara Amaury Cazenave-Gassiot Rajoshi Ghosh Nicholas Bogard Zhenxuan Yeo Gane Ka-Shu Wong Michael Melkonian Markus R Wenk Neil D Clarke

Sci Rep 2019 Jul 19;9(1):10482. Epub 2019 Jul 19.

Yale-NUS College Singapore, 138527, Singapore, Singapore.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-46869-3DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6642084PMC
July 2019

Phylogenomics Provides New Insights into Gains and Losses of Selenoproteins among Archaeplastida.

Authors:
Hongping Liang Tong Wei Yan Xu Linzhou Li Sunil Kumar Sahu Hongli Wang Haoyuan Li Xian Fu Gengyun Zhang Michael Melkonian Xin Liu Sibo Wang Huan Liu

Int J Mol Sci 2019 Jun 20;20(12). Epub 2019 Jun 20.

Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI) Shenzhen, Beishan Industrial Zone, Yantian District, Shenzhen 518083, China.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms20123020DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6627142PMC
June 2019

Evolution of chloroplast retrograde signaling facilitates green plant adaptation to land.

Authors:
Chenchen Zhao Yuanyuan Wang Kai Xun Chan D Blaine Marchant Peter J Franks David Randall Estee E Tee Guang Chen Sunita Ramesh Su Yin Phua Ben Zhang Adrian Hills Fei Dai Dawei Xue Matthew Gilliham Steve Tyerman Eviatar Nevo Feibo Wu Guoping Zhang Gane K-S Wong James H Leebens-Mack Michael Melkonian Michael R Blatt Pamela S Soltis Douglas E Soltis Barry J Pogson Zhong-Hua Chen

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019 03 25;116(11):5015-5020. Epub 2019 Feb 25.

College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, 310058 Hangzhou, China;

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1812092116DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6421419PMC
March 2019

Extending the Time Domain of Neuronal Silencing with Cryptophyte Anion Channelrhodopsins.

Authors:
Elena G Govorunova Oleg A Sineshchekov Raheleh Hemmati Roger Janz Olivier Morelle Michael Melkonian Gane K-S Wong John L Spudich

eNeuro 2018 May-Jun;5(3). Epub 2018 Jul 10.

Center for Membrane Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX 77030.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0174-18.2018DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6051594PMC
January 2019

Identification of an algal xylan synthase indicates that there is functional orthology between algal and plant cell wall biosynthesis.

Authors:
Jacob Krüger Jensen Marta Busse-Wicher Christian Peter Poulsen Jonatan Ulrik Fangel Peter James Smith Jeong-Yeh Yang Maria-Jesus Peña Malene Hessellund Dinesen Helle Juel Martens Michael Melkonian Gane Ka-Shu Wong Kelley W Moremen Curtis Gene Wilkerson Henrik Vibe Scheller Paul Dupree Peter Ulvskov Breeanna Rae Urbanowicz Jesper Harholt

New Phytol 2018 05 20;218(3):1049-1060. Epub 2018 Feb 20.

Carlsberg Research Laboratory, 1799, Copenhagen V, Denmark.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph.15050DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5902652PMC
May 2018

Molecular phylogeny, systematics, and revision of the type species of Lobomonas, L. francei (Volvocales, Chlorophyta) and closely related taxa.

Authors:
Nicole Sausen Veronica Malavasi Michael Melkonian

J Phycol 2018 04 30;54(2):198-214. Epub 2018 Jan 30.

Botanical Institute, Cologne Biocenter, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Str. 47 b, Cologne, 50674, Germany.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12615DOI Listing
April 2018

Origin and evolution of the nuclear auxin response system.

Authors:
Sumanth K Mutte Hirotaka Kato Carl Rothfels Michael Melkonian Gane Ka-Shu Wong Dolf Weijers

Elife 2018 03 27;7. Epub 2018 Mar 27.

Laboratory of Biochemistry, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.33399DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5873896PMC
March 2018

10KP: A phylodiverse genome sequencing plan.

Authors:
Shifeng Cheng Michael Melkonian Stephen A Smith Samuel Brockington John M Archibald Pierre-Marc Delaux Fay-Wei Li Barbara Melkonian Evgeny V Mavrodiev Wenjing Sun Yuan Fu Huanming Yang Douglas E Soltis Sean W Graham Pamela S Soltis Xin Liu Xun Xu Gane Ka-Shu Wong

Gigascience 2018 03;7(3):1-9

BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518083, China.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gigascience/giy013DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5869286PMC
March 2018

A Re-investigation of Sarcinochrysis marina (Sarcinochrysidales, Pelagophyceae) from its Type Locality and the Descriptions of Arachnochrysis, Pelagospilus, Sargassococcus and Sungminbooa genera nov.

Authors:
Kwi Young Han Louis Graf Carolina P Reyes Barbara Melkonian Robert A Andersen Hwan Su Yoon Michael Melkonian

Protist 2018 02 11;169(1):79-106. Epub 2018 Jan 11.

Botany Department, Cologne Biocenter, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Str. 47b, 50674, Cologne, Germany.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.protis.2017.12.004DOI Listing
February 2018

Growth and biomass productivity of Scenedesmus vacuolatus on a twin layer system and a comparison with other types of cultivations.

Authors:
Dora Allegra Carbone Giuseppe Olivieri Antonino Pollio Gabriele Michael Melkonian

Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2017 Dec 14;101(23-24):8321-8329. Epub 2017 Oct 14.

Botanisches Institut, Universität zu Köln Zülpicher, Str. 47 b, D-50674, Köln, Germany.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00253-017-8515-yDOI Listing
December 2017

Biofilm-based photobioreactors: their design and improving productivity through efficient supply of dissolved inorganic carbon.

Authors:
Tong Li Marc Strous Michael Melkonian

FEMS Microbiol Lett 2017 Dec;364(24)

Botanical Institute, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Str. 47 b, 50674 Cologne, Germany.

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https://academic.oup.com/femsle/article/doi/10.1093/femsle/f
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsle/fnx218DOI Listing
December 2017

Corrigendum to "Revision of the Genus Cryptomonas (Cryptophyceae): A Combination of Molecular Phylogeny and Morphology Provides Insights into a Long-Hidden Dimorphism" [Protist 154 (2003) 371-409].

Authors:
Kerstin Hoef-Emden Michael Melkonian

Protist 2017 08 17;168(4):467. Epub 2017 Aug 17.

University of Cologne, Cologne Biocenter, Botanical Institute, Zülpicher Str. 47B, 50674 Cologne, Germany.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.protis.2017.06.003DOI Listing
August 2017

Insights into the Evolution of Hydroxyproline-Rich Glycoproteins from 1000 Plant Transcriptomes.

Authors:
Kim L Johnson Andrew M Cassin Andrew Lonsdale Gane Ka-Shu Wong Douglas E Soltis Nicholas W Miles Michael Melkonian Barbara Melkonian Michael K Deyholos James Leebens-Mack Carl J Rothfels Dennis W Stevenson Sean W Graham Xumin Wang Shuangxiu Wu J Chris Pires Patrick P Edger Eric J Carpenter Antony Bacic Monika S Doblin Carolyn J Schultz

Plant Physiol 2017 Jun 26;174(2):904-921. Epub 2017 Apr 26.

Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Cell Walls, School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia (K.L.J., A.M.C., A.L., A.B., M.S.D.);

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1104/pp.17.00295DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5462033PMC
June 2017

The Expanding Family of Natural Anion Channelrhodopsins Reveals Large Variations in Kinetics, Conductance, and Spectral Sensitivity.

Authors:
Elena G Govorunova Oleg A Sineshchekov Elsa M Rodarte Roger Janz Olivier Morelle Michael Melkonian Gane K-S Wong John L Spudich

Sci Rep 2017 03 3;7:43358. Epub 2017 Mar 3.

Center for Membrane Biology, Department of Biochemistry &Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, USA.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep43358DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5335703PMC
March 2017

Porous Substrate Bioreactors: A Paradigm Shift in Microalgal Biotechnology?

Authors:
Björn Podola Tong Li Michael Melkonian

Trends Biotechnol 2017 02 12;35(2):121-132. Epub 2016 Jul 12.

Universität zu Köln, Botanisches Institut, Lehrstuhl 1, Biozentrum Köln, Zülpicher Strasse 47 b, 50674 Köln, Germany.

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http://www.cell.com/trends/biotechnology/pdf/S0167-7799(16)3
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tibtech.2016.06.004DOI Listing
February 2017

Obituary: Eberhard Schnepf (April 4, 1931-April 10, 2016).

Authors:
Hermann Bothe Michael Melkonian

Protist 2016 Nov 29;167(5):460-463. Epub 2016 Aug 29.

Botanical Institute, Cologne Biocenter, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Str. 47b, 50674 Cologne, Germany. Electronic address:

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.protis.2016.08.004DOI Listing
November 2016

Gene transfers from diverse bacteria compensate for reductive genome evolution in the chromatophore of Paulinella chromatophora.

Authors:
Eva C M Nowack Dana C Price Debashish Bhattacharya Anna Singer Michael Melkonian Arthur R Grossman

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2016 10 10;113(43):12214-12219. Epub 2016 Oct 10.

Department of Plant Biology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, CA 94305.

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http://www.pnas.org/lookup/doi/10.1073/pnas.1608016113
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1608016113DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5087059PMC
October 2016

Apparition of the NAC Transcription Factors Predates the Emergence of Land Plants.

Authors:
Aude Maugarny-Calès Beatriz Gonçalves Stefan Jouannic Michael Melkonian Gane Ka-Shu Wong Patrick Laufs

Mol Plant 2016 09 11;9(9):1345-1348. Epub 2016 Jun 11.

Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRA, AgroParisTech, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, RD10, 78026 Versailles Cedex, France. Electronic address:

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2016.05.016DOI Listing
September 2016

Genetic Analysis of Physcomitrella patens Identifies ABSCISIC ACID NON-RESPONSIVE, a Regulator of ABA Responses Unique to Basal Land Plants and Required for Desiccation Tolerance.

Authors:
Sean R Stevenson Yasuko Kamisugi Chi H Trinh Jeremy Schmutz Jerry W Jenkins Jane Grimwood Wellington Muchero Gerald A Tuskan Stefan A Rensing Daniel Lang Ralf Reski Michael Melkonian Carl J Rothfels Fay-Wei Li Anders Larsson Gane K-S Wong Thomas A Edwards Andrew C Cuming

Plant Cell 2016 06 18;28(6):1310-27. Epub 2016 May 18.

Centre for Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1105/tpc.16.00091DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4944411PMC
June 2016

Microscale profiling of photosynthesis-related variables in a highly productive biofilm photobioreactor.

Authors:
Tong Li Bastian Piltz Björn Podola Anthony Dron Dirk de Beer Michael Melkonian

Biotechnol Bioeng 2016 May 20;113(5):1046-55. Epub 2015 Nov 20.

Botanisches Institut, Universität zu Köln, Köln, 50674, Germany.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bit.25867DOI Listing
May 2016

Diversity of ABC transporter genes across the plant kingdom and their potential utility in biotechnology.

Authors:
Thomas S Lane Caroline S Rempe Jack Davitt Margaret E Staton Yanhui Peng Douglas Edward Soltis Michael Melkonian Michael Deyholos James H Leebens-Mack Mark Chase Carl J Rothfels Dennis Stevenson Sean W Graham Jun Yu Tao Liu J Chris Pires Patrick P Edger Yong Zhang Yinlong Xie Ying Zhu Eric Carpenter Gane Ka-Shu Wong C Neal Stewart

BMC Biotechnol 2016 05 31;16(1):47. Epub 2016 May 31.

The Graduate School of Genome Science and Technology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12896-016-0277-6DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4886425PMC
May 2016

Functional and topological diversity of LOV domain photoreceptors.

Authors:
Spencer T Glantz Eric J Carpenter Michael Melkonian Kevin H Gardner Edward S Boyden Gane Ka-Shu Wong Brian Y Chow

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2016 Mar 29;113(11):E1442-51. Epub 2016 Feb 29.

Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104;

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1509428113DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4801262PMC
March 2016

Occurrence, structure, and evolution of nitric oxide synthase-like proteins in the plant kingdom.

Authors:
Sylvain Jeandroz Daniel Wipf Dennis J Stuehr Lorenzo Lamattina Michael Melkonian Zhijian Tian Ying Zhu Eric J Carpenter Gane Ka-Shu Wong David Wendehenne

Sci Signal 2016 Mar 1;9(417):re2. Epub 2016 Mar 1.

Equipe de Recherche Labellisée CNRS 6300, BP 86510, 21000 Dijon, France. Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, UMR 1347 Agroécologie, BP 86510, 21000 Dijon, France.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/scisignal.aad4403DOI Listing
March 2016

"Candidatus Finniella" (Rickettsiales, Alphaproteobacteria), Novel Endosymbionts of Viridiraptorid Amoeboflagellates (Cercozoa, Rhizaria).

Authors:
Sebastian Hess Andreas Suthaus Michael Melkonian

Appl Environ Microbiol 2016 01 13;82(2):659-70. Epub 2015 Nov 13.

Department of Botany, Cologne Biocenter, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.02680-15DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4711129PMC
January 2016

International note: Prediction of mathematics work ethic and performance from behavioral, normative, and control beliefs among Qatari adolescents.

Authors:
Shaljan Areepattamannil Faisal Abdelfattah Randa Ali Mahasneh Myint Swe Khine Anita G Welch Michael Melkonian Samira Ahmed Al Nuaimi

J Adolesc 2016 Jan 14;46:38-44. Epub 2015 Nov 14.

Emirates College for Advanced Education, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2015.10.016DOI Listing
January 2016

Continuous removal of zinc from wastewater and mine dump leachate by a microalgal biofilm PSBR.

Authors:
Tong Li Gengyi Lin Björn Podola Michael Melkonian

J Hazard Mater 2015 Oct 30;297:112-8. Epub 2015 Apr 30.

Universität zu Köln, Botanisches Institut, Biozentrum Köln, Zülpicher Str. 47 b, 50674 Köln, Germany.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2015.04.080DOI Listing
October 2015

International note: Are Emirati parents' attitudes toward mathematics linked to their adolescent children's attitudes toward mathematics and mathematics achievement?

Authors:
Shaljan Areepattamannil Myint Swe Khine Michael Melkonian Anita G Welch Samira Ahmed Al Nuaimi Fatimah F Rashad

J Adolesc 2015 Oct 16;44:17-20. Epub 2015 Jul 16.

Emirates College for Advanced Education, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2015.07.002DOI Listing
October 2015

A method to determine photosynthetic activity from oxygen microsensor data in biofilms subjected to evaporation.

Authors:
Tong Li Björn Podola Dirk de Beer Michael Melkonian

J Microbiol Methods 2015 Oct 29;117:100-7. Epub 2015 Jul 29.

University of Cologne, Botanical Institute, Biocenter Cologne, Germany.

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https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S01677012153002
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mimet.2015.07.022DOI Listing
October 2015

Algal ancestor of land plants was preadapted for symbiosis.

Authors:
Pierre-Marc Delaux Guru V Radhakrishnan Dhileepkumar Jayaraman Jitender Cheema Mathilde Malbreil Jeremy D Volkening Hiroyuki Sekimoto Tomoaki Nishiyama Michael Melkonian Lisa Pokorny Carl J Rothfels Heike Winter Sederoff Dennis W Stevenson Barbara Surek Yong Zhang Michael R Sussman Christophe Dunand Richard J Morris Christophe Roux Gane Ka-Shu Wong Giles E D Oldroyd Jean-Michel Ané

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2015 Oct 5;112(43):13390-5. Epub 2015 Oct 5.

Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706; Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706;

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1515426112DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4629359PMC
October 2015

Barrancaceae: A new green algal lineage with structural and behavioral adaptations to a fluctuating environment.

Authors:
Lenka Caisová Carolina Pérez Reyes Virginia Cruz Álamo Antera Martel Quintana Barbara Surek Michael Melkonian

Am J Bot 2015 Sep 7;102(9):1482-92. Epub 2015 Sep 7.

Universität zu Köln, Biozentrum Köln, Botanisches Institut, Zülpicher Str. 47b 50674 Köln, Germany.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.3732/ajb.1500199DOI Listing
September 2015

The origin and evolution of phototropins.

Authors:
Fay-Wei Li Carl J Rothfels Michael Melkonian Juan C Villarreal Dennis W Stevenson Sean W Graham Gane K-S Wong Sarah Mathews Kathleen M Pryer

Front Plant Sci 2015 12;6:637. Epub 2015 Aug 12.

Department of Biology, Duke University Durham, NC, USA.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2015.00637DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4532919PMC
August 2015

Phytochrome diversity in green plants and the origin of canonical plant phytochromes.

Authors:
Fay-Wei Li Michael Melkonian Carl J Rothfels Juan Carlos Villarreal Dennis W Stevenson Sean W Graham Gane Ka-Shu Wong Kathleen M Pryer Sarah Mathews

Nat Commun 2015 Jul 28;6:7852. Epub 2015 Jul 28.

Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms8852DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4525182PMC
July 2015

The Origin and Evolution of the Plant Cell Surface: Algal Integrin-Associated Proteins and a New Family of Integrin-Like Cytoskeleton-ECM Linker Proteins.

Authors:
Burkhard Becker Jean Michel Doan Brandon Wustman Eric J Carpenter Li Chen Yong Zhang Gane K-S Wong Michael Melkonian

Genome Biol Evol 2015 May 14;7(6):1580-9. Epub 2015 May 14.

Biozentrum Köln, Botanical Institute, Universität zu Köln, Germany.

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https://academic.oup.com/gbe/article-lookup/doi/10.1093/gbe/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evv089DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4494055PMC
May 2015

International note: exploring differences in native and immigrant adolescents' mathematics achievement and dispositions towards mathematics in Qatar.

Authors:
Shaljan Areepattamannil Michael Melkonian Myint Swe Khine

J Adolesc 2015 Apr 16;40:11-3. Epub 2015 Jan 16.

Emirates College for Advanced Education, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2014.12.010DOI Listing
April 2015

Evolution. Response to Comment on "A promiscuous intermediate underlies the evolution of LEAFY DNA binding specificity".

Authors:
Samuel F Brockington Edwige Moyroud Camille Sayou Marie Monniaux Max H Nanao Emmanuel Thévenon Hicham Chahtane Norman Warthmann Michael Melkonian Yong Zhang Gane Ka-Shu Wong Detlef Weigel Renaud Dumas François Parcy

Science 2015 Feb;347(6222):621

CNRS, Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire et Végétale (LPCV), UMR 5168, 38054 Grenoble, France. UGA, LPCV, F-38054 Grenoble, France. Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, Direction des Sciences du Vivant, Institut de Recherches en Technologies et Sciences pour le Vivant, LPCV, F-38054 Grenoble, France. Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, LPCV, F-38054 Grenoble, France.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1256011DOI Listing
February 2015

Protist--continuity and change.

Authors:
Michael Melkonian

Protist 2015 Feb 17;166(1):172. Epub 2015 Jan 17.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.protis.2015.01.002DOI Listing
February 2015

Data access for the 1,000 Plants (1KP) project.

Authors:
Naim Matasci Ling-Hong Hung Zhixiang Yan Eric J Carpenter Norman J Wickett Siavash Mirarab Nam Nguyen Tandy Warnow Saravanaraj Ayyampalayam Michael Barker J Gordon Burleigh Matthew A Gitzendanner Eric Wafula Joshua P Der Claude W dePamphilis Béatrice Roure Hervé Philippe Brad R Ruhfel Nicholas W Miles Sean W Graham Sarah Mathews Barbara Surek Michael Melkonian Douglas E Soltis Pamela S Soltis Carl Rothfels Lisa Pokorny Jonathan A Shaw Lisa DeGironimo Dennis W Stevenson Juan Carlos Villarreal Tao Chen Toni M Kutchan Megan Rolf Regina S Baucom Michael K Deyholos Ram Samudrala Zhijian Tian Xiaolei Wu Xiao Sun Yong Zhang Jun Wang Jim Leebens-Mack Gane Ka-Shu Wong

Gigascience 2014 27;3:17. Epub 2014 Oct 27.

BGI-Shenzhen, Bei Shan Industrial Zone, Shenzhen, China ; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton T6G 2E9, AB, Canada ; Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2E1, Canada.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2047-217X-3-17DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4306014PMC
January 2015

Immobilized growth of the peridinin-producing marine dinoflagellate Symbiodinium in a simple biofilm photobioreactor.

Authors:
Ruben Maximilian Benstein Zehra Cebi Björn Podola Michael Melkonian

Mar Biotechnol (NY) 2014 Dec 18;16(6):621-8. Epub 2014 Jun 18.

Botanisches Institut, Biozentrum Köln, Universität zu Köln, Lehrstuhl 1, Zülpicher Str. 47 b, 50674, Köln, Germany.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10126-014-9581-0DOI Listing
December 2014

Phylotranscriptomic analysis of the origin and early diversification of land plants.

Authors:
Norman J Wickett Siavash Mirarab Nam Nguyen Tandy Warnow Eric Carpenter Naim Matasci Saravanaraj Ayyampalayam Michael S Barker J Gordon Burleigh Matthew A Gitzendanner Brad R Ruhfel Eric Wafula Joshua P Der Sean W Graham Sarah Mathews Michael Melkonian Douglas E Soltis Pamela S Soltis Nicholas W Miles Carl J Rothfels Lisa Pokorny A Jonathan Shaw Lisa DeGironimo Dennis W Stevenson Barbara Surek Juan Carlos Villarreal Béatrice Roure Hervé Philippe Claude W dePamphilis Tao Chen Michael K Deyholos Regina S Baucom Toni M Kutchan Megan M Augustin Jun Wang Yong Zhang Zhijian Tian Zhixiang Yan Xiaolei Wu Xiao Sun Gane Ka-Shu Wong James Leebens-Mack

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2014 Nov 29;111(45):E4859-68. Epub 2014 Oct 29.

Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602;

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1323926111DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4234587PMC
November 2014

Ultrastructure of the Algivorous Amoeboflagellate Viridiraptor invadens (Glissomonadida, Cercozoa).

Authors:
Sebastian Hess Michael Melkonian

Protist 2014 Sep 21;165(5):605-35. Epub 2014 Jul 21.

Department of Botany, Cologne Biocenter, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Str. 47b, 50674 Cologne, Germany.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.protis.2014.07.004DOI Listing
September 2014

Addendum: independent optical excitation of distinct neural populations.

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Nathan C Klapoetke Yasunobu Murata Sung Soo Kim Stefan R Pulver Amanda Birdsey-Benson Yong Ku Cho Tania K Morimoto Amy S Chuong Eric J Carpenter Zhijian Tian Jun Wang Yinlong Xie Zhixiang Yan Yong Zhang Brian Y Chow Barbara Surek Michael Melkonian Vivek Jayaraman Martha Constantine-Paton Gane Ka-Shu Wong Edward S Boyden Edward S Boyden

Nat Methods 2014 Sep;11(9):972

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September 2014

All-optical electrophysiology in mammalian neurons using engineered microbial rhodopsins.

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Daniel R Hochbaum Yongxin Zhao Samouil L Farhi Nathan Klapoetke Christopher A Werley Vikrant Kapoor Peng Zou Joel M Kralj Dougal Maclaurin Niklas Smedemark-Margulies Jessica L Saulnier Gabriella L Boulting Christoph Straub Yong Ku Cho Michael Melkonian Gane Ka-Shu Wong D Jed Harrison Venkatesh N Murthy Bernardo L Sabatini Edward S Boyden Robert E Campbell Adam E Cohen

Nat Methods 2014 Aug 22;11(8):825-33. Epub 2014 Jun 22.

1] Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. [2] Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. [3] Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

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August 2014

Evolution of helix formation in the ribosomal Internal Transcribed Spacer 2 (ITS2) and its significance for RNA secondary structures.

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Lenka Caisová Michael Melkonian

J Mol Evol 2014 Jun 8;78(6):324-37. Epub 2014 Jun 8.

Universität zu Köln, Biozentrum Köln, Botanisches Institut, Zülpicher Str. 47b, 50674, Köln, Germany,

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June 2014

Horizontal transfer of an adaptive chimeric photoreceptor from bryophytes to ferns.

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Fay-Wei Li Juan Carlos Villarreal Steven Kelly Carl J Rothfels Michael Melkonian Eftychios Frangedakis Markus Ruhsam Erin M Sigel Joshua P Der Jarmila Pittermann Dylan O Burge Lisa Pokorny Anders Larsson Tao Chen Stina Weststrand Philip Thomas Eric Carpenter Yong Zhang Zhijian Tian Li Chen Zhixiang Yan Ying Zhu Xiao Sun Jun Wang Dennis W Stevenson Barbara J Crandall-Stotler A Jonathan Shaw Michael K Deyholos Douglas E Soltis Sean W Graham Michael D Windham Jane A Langdale Gane Ka-Shu Wong Sarah Mathews Kathleen M Pryer

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2014 May 14;111(18):6672-7. Epub 2014 Apr 14.

Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708.

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May 2014

Nucleomorph and plastid genome sequences of the chlorarachniophyte Lotharella oceanica: convergent reductive evolution and frequent recombination in nucleomorph-bearing algae.

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Goro Tanifuji Naoko T Onodera Matthew W Brown Bruce A Curtis Andrew J Roger Gane Ka-Shu Wong Michael Melkonian John M Archibald

BMC Genomics 2014 May 15;15:374. Epub 2014 May 15.

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Integrated Microbial Biodiversity Program, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2, Canada.

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May 2014

Independent optical excitation of distinct neural populations.

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Nathan C Klapoetke Yasunobu Murata Sung Soo Kim Stefan R Pulver Amanda Birdsey-Benson Yong Ku Cho Tania K Morimoto Amy S Chuong Eric J Carpenter Zhijian Tian Jun Wang Yinlong Xie Zhixiang Yan Yong Zhang Brian Y Chow Barbara Surek Michael Melkonian Vivek Jayaraman Martha Constantine-Paton Gane Ka-Shu Wong Edward S Boyden

Nat Methods 2014 Mar 9;11(3):338-46. Epub 2014 Feb 9.

1] The MIT Media Laboratory, Synthetic Neurobiology Group, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. [2] Department of Biological Engineering, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. [3] MIT Center for Neurobiological Engineering, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. [4] Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. [5] MIT McGovern Institute for Brain Research, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

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March 2014

Application of a prototype-scale Twin-Layer photobioreactor for effective N and P removal from different process stages of municipal wastewater by immobilized microalgae.

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Jing Shi Björn Podola Michael Melkonian

Bioresour Technol 2014 Feb 16;154:260-6. Epub 2013 Dec 16.

Universität zu Köln, Botanisches Institut, Biozentrum Köln, Zülpicher Str. 47 b, 50674 Köln, Germany.

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February 2014

A promiscuous intermediate underlies the evolution of LEAFY DNA binding specificity.

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Camille Sayou Marie Monniaux Max H Nanao Edwige Moyroud Samuel F Brockington Emmanuel Thévenon Hicham Chahtane Norman Warthmann Michael Melkonian Yong Zhang Gane Ka-Shu Wong Detlef Weigel François Parcy Renaud Dumas

Science 2014 Feb 16;343(6171):645-8. Epub 2014 Jan 16.

CNRS, Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire et Végétale (LPCV), UMR 5168, 38054 Grenoble, France.

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February 2014

Picomonas judraskeda gen. et sp. nov.: the first identified member of the Picozoa phylum nov., a widespread group of picoeukaryotes, formerly known as 'picobiliphytes'.

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Ramkumar Seenivasan Nicole Sausen Linda K Medlin Michael Melkonian

PLoS One 2013 26;8(3):e59565. Epub 2013 Mar 26.

Department of Botany, Cologne Biocenter, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.

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September 2013

The mystery of clade X: Orciraptor gen. nov. and Viridiraptor gen. nov. are highly specialised, algivorous amoeboflagellates (Glissomonadida, Cercozoa).

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Sebastian Hess Michael Melkonian

Protist 2013 Sep 27;164(5):706-47. Epub 2013 Aug 27.

Department of Botany, Cologne Biocenter, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Str. 47b, 50674 Cologne, Germany. Electronic address:

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September 2013

A consensus secondary structure of ITS2 in the chlorophyta identified by phylogenetic reconstruction.

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Lenka Caisová Birger Marin Michael Melkonian

Protist 2013 Jul 13;164(4):482-96. Epub 2013 Jun 13.

Universität zu Köln, Biozentrum Köln, Botanisches Institut, Zülpicher Str. 47b, 50674 Köln, Germany.

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July 2013

Evaluating methods for isolating total RNA and predicting the success of sequencing phylogenetically diverse plant transcriptomes.

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Marc T J Johnson Eric J Carpenter Zhijian Tian Richard Bruskiewich Jason N Burris Charlotte T Carrigan Mark W Chase Neil D Clarke Sarah Covshoff Claude W Depamphilis Patrick P Edger Falicia Goh Sean Graham Stephan Greiner Julian M Hibberd Ingrid Jordon-Thaden Toni M Kutchan James Leebens-Mack Michael Melkonian Nicholas Miles Henrietta Myburg Jordan Patterson J Chris Pires Paula Ralph Megan Rolf Rowan F Sage Douglas Soltis Pamela Soltis Dennis Stevenson C Neal Stewart Barbara Surek Christina J M Thomsen Juan Carlos Villarreal Xiaolei Wu Yong Zhang Michael K Deyholos Gane Ka-Shu Wong

PLoS One 2012 21;7(11):e50226. Epub 2012 Nov 21.

Department of Biology, University of Toronto at Mississauga, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.

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May 2013

Protist--the first 15 years.

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Protist 2013 Jan;164(1)

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January 2013

Shedding light on vampires: the phylogeny of vampyrellid amoebae revisited.

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Sebastian Hess Nicole Sausen Michael Melkonian

PLoS One 2012 15;7(2):e31165. Epub 2012 Feb 15.

Cologne Biocenter, Botanical Institute, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.

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June 2012

Genetic Programming as a tool for identification of analyte-specificity from complex response patterns using a non-specific whole-cell biosensor.

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Björn Podola Michael Melkonian

Biosens Bioelectron 2012 Mar 23;33(1):254-9. Epub 2012 Jan 23.

Universität zu Köln, Botanisches Institut, Biozentrum Köln, Zülpicher Str. 47 b, 50674 Köln, Germany.

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March 2012

A close-up view on ITS2 evolution and speciation - a case study in the Ulvophyceae (Chlorophyta, Viridiplantae).

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Lenka Caisová Birger Marin Michael Melkonian

BMC Evol Biol 2011 Sep 20;11:262. Epub 2011 Sep 20.

Universität zu Köln, Biozentrum Köln, Botanisches Institut, Zülpicher Str. 47b, 50674 Köln, Germany.

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September 2011

A study of conflict between molecular phylogeny and taxonomy in the Desmidiaceae (Streptophyta, Viridiplantae): analyses of 291 rbcL sequences.

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Andrey A Gontcharov Michael Melkonian

Protist 2011 Apr 23;162(2):253-67. Epub 2010 Oct 23.

Institute of Biology and Soil Science, 690022, Vladivostok-22, Russia.

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April 2011

Origin of land plants: do conjugating green algae hold the key?

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Sabina Wodniok Henner Brinkmann Gernot Glöckner Andrew J Heidel Hervé Philippe Michael Melkonian Burkhard Becker

BMC Evol Biol 2011 Apr 18;11:104. Epub 2011 Apr 18.

Biozentrum Köln, Botanik, Universität zu Köln, Zülpicher Strasse 47b, 50674 Köln, Germany.

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April 2011

POLYPHYLY OF CHAETOPHORA AND STIGEOCLONIUM WITHIN THE CHAETOPHORALES (CHLOROPHYCEAE), REVEALED BY SEQUENCE COMPARISONS OF NUCLEAR-ENCODED SSU rRNA GENES(1).

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Lenka Caisová Birger Marin Nicole Sausen Thomas Pröschold Michael Melkonian

J Phycol 2011 Feb 13;47(1):164-77. Epub 2011 Jan 13.

Institute of Botany v.v.i., Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Dukelská 135, CZ - 379 82 Třeboň, Czech Republic Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Branišovská 31, CZ - 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech RepublicBiozentrum Köln, Botanisches Institut, Universität zu Köln, Zülpicher Str. 47b, 50674 Köln, GermanyDepartment Limnology, University of Vienna, Althanstr. 14, A-1090 Vienna, AustriaBiozentrum Köln, Botanisches Institut, Universität zu Köln, Zülpicher Str. 47b, 50674 Köln, Germany.

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February 2011

Endosymbiotic gene transfer and transcriptional regulation of transferred genes in Paulinella chromatophora.

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Eva C M Nowack Heiko Vogel Marco Groth Arthur R Grossman Michael Melkonian Gernot Glöckner

Mol Biol Evol 2011 Jan 11;28(1):407-22. Epub 2010 Aug 11.

Cologne Biocenter, Botanical Institute, University of Cologne, Köln, Germany.

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January 2011

Molecular phylogeny and classification of the Mamiellophyceae class. nov. (Chlorophyta) based on sequence comparisons of the nuclear- and plastid-encoded rRNA operons.

Authors:
Birger Marin Michael Melkonian

Protist 2010 Apr 11;161(2):304-36. Epub 2009 Dec 11.

Biowissenschaftliches Zentrum, Botanisches Institut, Lehrstuhl I, Universität zu Köln, Otto-Fischer-Str. 6, 50674 Köln, Germany.

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April 2010

Endosymbiotic associations within protists.

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Eva C M Nowack Michael Melkonian

Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2010 Mar;365(1541):699-712

Botany Department, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.

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March 2010

In search of monophyletic taxa in the family Desmidiaceae (Zygnematophyceae, Viridiplantae): the genus Cosmarium.

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Andrey A Gontcharov Michael Melkonian

Am J Bot 2008 Sep;95(9):1079-95

Botanisches Institut, Lehrstuhl I, Universität zu Köln, Gyrhofstr. 15, D-50931 Köln, Germany.

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September 2008

Chlamydial genes shed light on the evolution of photoautotrophic eukaryotes.

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Burkhard Becker Kerstin Hoef-Emden Michael Melkonian

BMC Evol Biol 2008 Jul 15;8:203. Epub 2008 Jul 15.

Botanisches Institut, Universität zu Köln, Gyrhofstr. 15, 50931 Köln, Germany.

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July 2008

Chromatophore genome sequence of Paulinella sheds light on acquisition of photosynthesis by eukaryotes.

Authors:
Eva C M Nowack Michael Melkonian Gernot Glöckner

Curr Biol 2008 Mar;18(6):410-8

Botanical Institute, University of Cologne, Gyrhofstr. 15, D-50931 Köln, Germany.

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March 2008

The ancestor of the Paulinella chromatophore obtained a carboxysomal operon by horizontal gene transfer from a Nitrococcus-like gamma-proteobacterium.

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Birger Marin Eva C M Nowack Gernot Glöckner Michael Melkonian

BMC Evol Biol 2007 Jun 5;7:85. Epub 2007 Jun 5.

Botanisches Institut, Lehrstuhl I, Universität zu Köln, Köln, Germany.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1904183PMC
June 2007

Phylogenetic analyses of nuclear, mitochondrial, and plastid multigene data sets support the placement of Mesostigma in the Streptophyta.

Authors:
Naiara Rodríguez-Ezpeleta Hervé Philippe Henner Brinkmann Burkhard Becker Michael Melkonian

Mol Biol Evol 2007 Mar 16;24(3):723-31. Epub 2006 Dec 16.

Départment de Biochimie, Centre Robert Cedergren, Canadian Institute of Advanced Research, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada.

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March 2007

Minimal plastid genome evolution in the Paulinella endosymbiont.

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Hwan Su Yoon Adrian Reyes-Prieto Michael Melkonian Debashish Bhattacharya

Curr Biol 2006 Sep;16(17):R670-2

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September 2006

EST analysis of the scaly green flagellate Mesostigma viride (Streptophyta): implications for the evolution of green plants (Viridiplantae).

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Andreas Simon Gernot Glöckner Marius Felder Michael Melkonian Burkhard Becker

BMC Plant Biol 2006 Feb 13;6. Epub 2006 Feb 13.

Botanical Institute, University of Cologne, Gyrhofstr. 15, 50931 Cologne, Germany.

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February 2006

A plastid in the making: evidence for a second primary endosymbiosis.

Authors:
Birger Marin Eva C M Nowack Michael Melkonian

Protist 2005 Dec 12;156(4):425-32. Epub 2005 Oct 12.

Botanisches Institut, Lehrstuhl I, Universität zu Köln, Gyrhofstrasse 15, 50931 Köln, Germany.

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December 2005

Lineage-specific variations of congruent evolution among DNA sequences from three genomes, and relaxed selective constraints on rbcL in Cryptomonas (Cryptophyceae).

Authors:
Kerstin Hoef-Emden Hoang-Dung Tran Michael Melkonian

BMC Evol Biol 2005 Oct 18;5:56. Epub 2005 Oct 18.

Universität zu Köln, Botanisches Institut, Lehrstuhl I, Gyrhofstr. 15, 50931 Köln, Germany.

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October 2005

Actin phylogeny and intron distribution in bangiophyte red algae(rhodoplantae).

Authors:
Kerstin Hoef-Emden Roshan Prakash Shrestha Miri Lapidot Yacob Weinstein Michael Melkonian Shoshana Malis Arad

J Mol Evol 2005 Sep 21;61(3):360-71. Epub 2005 Jul 21.

Universität zu Köln, Botanisches Institut, Lehrstuhl I, Gyrhofstr. 15, Köln, 50931, Germany.

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September 2005

The 96-well twin-layer system: a novel approach in the cultivation of microalgae.

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Eva C M Nowack Björn Podola Michael Melkonian

Protist 2005 Aug;156(2):239-51

Botanisches Institut, Universität zu Köln, Lehrstuhl 1, Gyrhofstr. 15, 50931 Köln, Germany.

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August 2005

Robert Lauterborn (1869-1952) and his Paulinella chromatophora.

Authors:
Michael Melkonian Dieter Mollenhauer

Protist 2005 Aug;156(2):253-62

Botanisches Institut, Lehrstuhl I, Universität zu Köln, Gyrhofstr. 15, 50931 Köln, Germany.

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August 2005

Centrin scaffold in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii revealed by immunoelectron microscopy.

Authors:
Stefan Geimer Michael Melkonian

Eukaryot Cell 2005 Jul;4(7):1253-63

Universität Bayreuth, Biologie/Elektronenmikroskopie NW I / B 1, Universitätsstr. 30, D-95447 Bayreuth, Germany.

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July 2005

The ultrastructure of the Chlamydomonas reinhardtii basal apparatus: identification of an early marker of radial asymmetry inherent in the basal body.

Authors:
Stefan Geimer Michael Melkonian

J Cell Sci 2004 Jun 11;117(Pt 13):2663-74. Epub 2004 May 11.

Botanisches Institut, Universität zu Köln, Gyrhofstrasse 15, 50931 Köln, Germany.

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June 2004

The use of multiple-strain algal sensor chips for the detection and identification of volatile organic compounds.

Authors:
Björn Podola Eva C M Nowack Michael Melkonian

Biosens Bioelectron 2004 May;19(10):1253-60

Botanisches Institut, Universität zu Köln, Lehrstuhl 1, Gyrhofstrasse 15, D-50931 Köln, Germany.

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May 2004

Are combined analyses better than single gene phylogenies? A case study using SSU rDNA and rbcL sequence comparisons in the Zygnematophyceae (Streptophyta).

Authors:
Andrey A Gontcharov Birger Marin Michael Melkonian

Mol Biol Evol 2004 Mar 22;21(3):612-24. Epub 2004 Jan 22.

Botanisches Institut, Lehrstuhl I, Universität zu Köln, Köln, Germany.

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March 2004

Revision of the genus Cryptomonas (Cryptophyceae): a combination of molecular phylogeny and morphology provides insights into a long-hidden dimorphism.

Authors:
Kerstin Hoef-Emden Michael Melkonian

Protist 2003 Oct;154(3-4):371-409

Universität zu Köln, Botanisches Institut, Lehrstuhl I, Gyrhofstr. 15, 50931 Köln, Germany.

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October 2003

Phylogeny and taxonomic revision of plastid-containing euglenophytes based on SSU rDNA sequence comparisons and synapomorphic signatures in the SSU rRNA secondary structure.

Authors:
Birger Marin Anne Palm Max Klingberg Michael Melkonian

Protist 2003 Apr;154(1):99-145

Botanisches Institut, Lehrstuhl I, Universität zu Köln, Gyrhofstr. 15, D-50931 Köln, Germany.

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April 2003

Molecular phylogeny of conjugating green algae (Zygnemophyceae, Streptophyta) inferred from SSU rDNA sequence comparisons.

Authors:
Andrey A Gontcharov Birger A Marin Michael A Melkonian

J Mol Evol 2003 Jan;56(1):89-104

Botanisches Institut, Lehrstuhl I, Universität zu Köln, Gyrhofstr. 15, D-50931, Köln, German.

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January 2003

Nuclear and nucleomorph SSU rDNA phylogeny in the Cryptophyta and the evolution of cryptophyte diversity.

Authors:
Kerstin Hoef-Emden Birger Marin Michael Melkonian

J Mol Evol 2002 Aug;55(2):161-79

Botanisches Institut, Universität zu Köln, Lehrstuhl I, Gyrhofstrasse 15, 50931 Köln, Germany.

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August 2002

In vivo localization of centrin in the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

Authors:
Nayma E Ruiz-Binder Stefan Geimer Michael Melkonian

Cell Motil Cytoskeleton 2002 May;52(1):43-55

Universitaet zu Koeln, Botanisches Institut I, Koeln, Germany.

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May 2002