Functions and consequences of AID/APOBEC-mediated DNA and RNA deamination

R Pecori, S Di Giorgio, J Paulo Lorenzo… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
The AID/APOBEC polynucleotide cytidine deaminases have historically been classified as
either DNA mutators or RNA editors based on their first identified nucleic acid substrate …

Extending the natural adaptive capacity of coral holobionts

CR Voolstra, DJ Suggett, RS Peixoto… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2021 - nature.com
Anthropogenic climate change and environmental degradation destroy coral reefs, the
ecosystem services they provide, and the livelihoods of close to a billion people who …

Changing ocean, marine ecosystems, and dependent communities

NL Bindoff, WWL Cheung, JG Kairo, J Arístegui… - 2019 - ri.conicet.gov.ar
The ocean is a key component of the Earth system (Chapter 1) as it provides essential life
supporting services (Inniss et al. 2017). For example, it stores heat trapped in the …

A stony coral cell atlas illuminates the molecular and cellular basis of coral symbiosis, calcification, and immunity

S Levy, A Elek, X Grau-Bové, S Menéndez-Bravo… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Stony corals are colonial cnidarians that sustain the most biodiverse marine ecosystems on
Earth: coral reefs. Despite their ecological importance, little is known about the cell types …

[HTML][HTML] Metaorganisms in extreme environments: do microbes play a role in organismal adaptation?

C Bang, T Dagan, P Deines, N Dubilier, WJ Duschl… - Zoology, 2018 - Elsevier
From protists to humans, all animals and plants are inhabited by microbial organisms. There
is an increasing appreciation that these resident microbes influence the fitness of their plant …

Symbiodinium genomes reveal adaptive evolution of functions related to coral-dinoflagellate symbiosis

H Liu, TG Stephens, RA González-Pech… - Communications …, 2018 - nature.com
Symbiosis between dinoflagellates of the genus Symbiodinium and reef-building corals
forms the trophic foundation of the world's coral reef ecosystems. Here we present the first …

Comparison of 15 dinoflagellate genomes reveals extensive sequence and structural divergence in family Symbiodiniaceae and genus Symbiodinium

RA González-Pech, TG Stephens, Y Chen… - BMC biology, 2021 - Springer
Background Dinoflagellates in the family Symbiodiniaceae are important photosynthetic
symbionts in cnidarians (such as corals) and other coral reef organisms. Breakdown of the …

Building consensus around the assessment and interpretation of Symbiodiniaceae diversity

SW Davies, MH Gamache, LI Howe-Kerr, NG Kriefall… - PeerJ, 2023 - peerj.com
Dinoflagellates in the family Symbiodiniaceae occupy multiple ecological niches on tropical,
subtropical, and temperate reefs, ranging from species that are exclusively free-living to …

Investigating RNA editing in deep transcriptome datasets with REDItools and REDIportal

C Lo Giudice, MA Tangaro, G Pesole, E Picardi - Nature protocols, 2020 - nature.com
RNA editing is a widespread post-transcriptional mechanism able to modify transcripts
through insertions/deletions or base substitutions. It is prominent in mammals, in which …

Genetic and spatial organization of the unusual chromosomes of the dinoflagellate Symbiodinium microadriaticum

A Nand, Y Zhan, OR Salazar, M Aranda, CR Voolstra… - Nature Genetics, 2021 - nature.com
Dinoflagellates are main primary producers in the oceans, the cause of algal blooms and
endosymbionts of marine invertebrates. Much remains to be understood about their biology …