[HTML][HTML] A eukaryote without a mitochondrial organelle

A Karnkowska, V Vacek, Z Zubáčová, SC Treitli… - Current Biology, 2016 - cell.com
The presence of mitochondria and related organelles in every studied eukaryote supports
the view that mitochondria are essential cellular components. Here, we report the genome …

Influence of the tryptophan-indole-IFNγ axis on human genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection: role of vaginal co-infections

A Aiyar, AJ Quayle, LR Buckner… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
The natural history of genital Chlamydia trachomatis infections can vary widely; infections
can spontaneously resolve but can also last from months to years, potentially progressing to …

An ultrasensitive electrochemical immunosensor for procalcitonin detection based on the gold nanoparticles-enhanced tyramide signal amplification strategy

P Liu, C Li, R Zhang, Q Tang, J Wei, Y Lu… - Biosensors and …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, we established an ultrasensitive electrochemical immunosensor based on the
gold nanoparticles-enhanced tyramide signal amplification (AuNPs-TSA) for the detection of …

The oxymonad genome displays canonical eukaryotic complexity in the absence of a mitochondrion

A Karnkowska, SC Treitli, O Brzoň… - Molecular biology …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The discovery that the protist Monocercomonoides exilis completely lacks mitochondria
demonstrates that these organelles are not absolutely essential to eukaryotic cells …

Integrated tyramide and polymerization-assisted signal amplification for a highly-sensitive immunoassay

L Yuan, L Xu, S Liu - Analytical chemistry, 2012 - ACS Publications
A novel strategy for ultrasensitive detection of model protein based on the integration of
tyramide signal amplification (TSA) and polymerization-assisted signal amplification was …

Phylogeny of Parasitic Parabasalia and Free-Living Relatives Inferred from Conventional Markers vs. Rpb1, a Single-Copy Gene

SB Malik, CD Brochu, I Bilic, J Yuan, M Hess… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Background Parabasalia are single-celled eukaryotes (protists) that are mainly comprised of
endosymbionts of termites and wood roaches, intestinal commensals, human or veterinary …

Analysis of diverse eukaryotes suggests the existence of an ancestral mitochondrial apparatus derived from the bacterial type II secretion system

L Horváthová, V Žárský, T Pánek, R Derelle… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The type 2 secretion system (T2SS) is present in some Gram-negative eubacteria and used
to secrete proteins across the outer membrane. Here we report that certain representative …

Structural organization of very small chromosomes: study on a single-celled evolutionary distant eukaryote Giardia intestinalis

P Tůmová, M Uzlíková, G Wanner, E Nohýnková - Chromosoma, 2015 - Springer
During mitotic prophase, chromosomes of the pathogenic unicellular eukaryote Giardia
intestinalis condense in each of the cell's two nuclei. In this study, Giardia chromosomes …

Diagnosing Cutaneous leishmaniasis using Fluorescence in Situ Hybridization: the Sri Lankan Perspective

TD Jayasena Kaluarachchi… - Pathogens and global …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) caused by Leishmania donovani MON-37 is becoming a
major public health problem in Sri Lanka, with 100 new cases per month being reported in …

Inflammation, infection and depression: an evolutionary perspective

C Doyle, WA Swain, HAS Ewald… - Evolutionary Human …, 2019 - cambridge.org
The evolutionary basis for clinical depression is not well understood. A growing body of
literature that is not based on evolutionary logic links inflammation to depression. Integration …