Effects of urbanization and landscape on gut microbiomes in white-crowned sparrows

M Berlow, JN Phillips, EP Derryberry - Microbial Ecology, 2021 - Springer
Habitats are changing rapidly around the globe and urbanization is one of the primary
drivers. Urbanization changes food availability, environmental stressors, and the prevalence …

Trio‐binned genomes of the woodrats Neotoma bryanti and Neotoma lepida reveal novel gene islands and rapid copy number evolution of xenobiotic metabolizing …

R Greenhalgh, ML Holding, TJ Orr… - Molecular Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The genomic architecture underlying the origins and maintenance of biodiversity is an
increasingly accessible feature of species, due in large part to third‐generation sequencing …

Role of cytochrome P450 2B sequence variation and gene copy number in facilitating dietary specialization in mammalian herbivores

S Kitanovic, TJ Orr, D Spalink, GB Cocke… - Molecular …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Theory postulates that dietary specialization in mammalian herbivores is enabled
by a specialized set of liver enzymes that process the high concentrations of similar plant …

[HTML][HTML] Evolution of the CYP2B subfamily gene in primates and its relationship to diet

P Feng, F Shu, S Wang, T Kan, X Liang… - Global Ecology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Herbivores rely heavily on liver enzymes to deal with plant secondary metabolites (PSMs)
due to their consumption on plant-based diets, but only a small amount of enzymes have …

The desert woodrat (Neotoma lepida) induces a diversity of biotransformation genes in response to creosote bush resin

R Greenhalgh, DM Klure, TJ Orr, NM Armstrong… - … and Physiology Part C …, 2024 - Elsevier
Liver biotransformation enzymes have long been thought to enable animals to feed on diets
rich in xenobiotic compounds. However, despite decades of pharmacological research in …

Strategies in herbivory by mammals revisited: The role of liver metabolism in a juniper specialist (Neotoma stephensi) and a generalist (Neotoma albigula)

TJ Orr, S Kitanovic, KM Schramm… - Molecular …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Although herbivory is widespread among mammals, few species have adopted a strategy of
dietary specialization. Feeding on a single plant species often exposes herbivores to high …

Structure-function analysis of mammalian CYP2B enzymes using 7-substituted coumarin derivatives as probes: utility of crystal structures and molecular modeling in …

MB Shah, J Liu, L Huo, Q Zhang, MD Dearing… - Molecular …, 2016 - ASPET
Crystal structures of CYP2B35 and CYP2B37 from the desert woodrat were solved in
complex with 4-(4-chlorophenyl) imidazole (4-CPI). The closed conformation of CYP2B35 …

Using the specialization framework to determine degree of dietary specialization in a herbivorous woodrat

MM Skopec, KD Kohl, K Schramm, JR Halpert… - Journal of chemical …, 2015 - Springer
To be considered a dietary specialist, mammalian herbivores must consume large quantities
of a plant species considered “difficult” with respect to nutrient or toxin content, and possess …

Crystal structure of CYP2B6 in complex with an efavirenz analog

MB Shah, Q Zhang, JR Halpert - International journal of molecular …, 2018 - mdpi.com
The over two dozen CYP2B structures of human, rabbit, and woodrat enzymes solved in the
last decade have significantly enhanced our understanding of the structure-function …

Exploration of Stereoselectivity in Embryo-Larvae (Danio rerio) Induced by Chiral PCB149 at the Bioconcentration and Gene Expression Levels

T Chai, F Cui, X Mu, Y Yang, C Wang, J Qiu - Plos one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
This paper was designed to study stereoselective enrichment and changes in gene
expression when zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryo-larvae were exposed to racemic,(-)-or (+) …