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2008

Cerqueira, G.C., Bartholomeu, D.C., Darocha, W.D., Hou, L., Freitas-Silva, D.M., Machado, C.R., El-Sayed, N.M., Teixeira, S.M. (2008) Sequence diversity and evolution of multigene families in Trypanosoma cruzi. Mol. Biochem. Parasitol. 157:65-72. [PubMed] pdf


2007

Bringaud, F., Müller, M., Cerqueira, G.C., Smith, M., Rochette, A., El-Sayed, N.M., Papadopoulou, B., Ghedin, E. (2007). Members of a large retroposon family are determinants of post-transcriptional gene expression in Leishmania. (2007). PLoS Pathog. 3:1291-307. [PubMed] pdf

Ghedin, E., Wang, S., Spiro, D., Caler, E., Zhao, Q., Crabtree, J., Allen, J.E., Delcher, A.L., Guiliano, D.B., Miranda-Saavedra, D., Angiuoli, S.V., Creasy, T., Amedeo, P., Haas, B., El-Sayed, N.M., Wortman, J.R., Feldblyum, T., Tallon, L., Schatz, M., Shumway, M., Koo, H., Salzberg, S.L., ., Williams, S.A., Fraser-Liggett, C., Slatko, B., Blaxter, M.L., Scott, A.L.(2007). Draft genome of the filarial nematode parasite Brugia malayi. Science 317:1756-60. [PubMed]

Haas, B.J., Berriman, M., Hirai, H., Cerqueira, G.C, Loverde, P.T., El-Sayed, N.M. (2007). Schistosoma mansoni genome: Closing in on a final gene set. Exp Parasitol. 117:225-8. [PubMed]

Waisberg, M., Lobo, F.P., Cerqueira, G.C., Passos, L.K., Carvalho, O.S., Franco, G.R., El-Sayed, N.M. (2007). Microarray analysis of gene expression induced by sexual contact in Schistosoma mansoni. BMC Genomics. 8:181. [PubMed] pdf

Souza, R.T., Santos, M.R.M., Lima, F.M., El-Sayed, N.M., Myler, P.J., Ruiz, J.C., da Silveira, J.F. (2007) New Trypanosoma cruzi repeated element that shows site specificity for insertion. Euk. Cell 6:1228-38. [PubMed] pdf

Stelter, K., El-Sayed, N.M., Seeber, F. (2007). The expression of a plant-type ferredoxin redox system provides molecular evidence for a plastid in the early dinoflagellate Perkinsus marinus. Protist 58:119-130. [PubMed] pdf

Djikeng, A., Raverdy, S., Foster, J., Bartholomeu, D., Zhang, Y., El-Sayed, N.M., Carlow, C. (2007). Cofactor-independent Phosphoglycerate Mutase is an essential gene in procyclic form Trypanosoma brucei. Parasitol. Res. 100:887-892. [PubMed] pdf

Attardo, G.M., Strickler-Dinglasan, P., Perkin, S.A., Caler, E., Bonaldo, M.F., Soares, M.B., El-Sayed, N.M., Aksoy, S. (2006). Analysis of fat body transcriptome from the adult tsetse fly, Glossina morsitans morsitans. Insect Mol. Bio. 15:411-424. [PubMed] pdf


2006

Westenberger, S.J., Cerqueira, G.C., El-Sayed, N.M., Zingales, B., Campbell, D.A., Sturm, N.R. (2006). Trypanosoma cruzi mitochondrial maxicircles display species- and strain-specific variation and possess a conserved element in the non-coding region. BMC Genomics [Epub ahead of print] [PubMed] pdf

Baida, R.C., Santos, M.R., Carmo, M.S., Yoshida, N., Ferreira, D., Ferreira, A.T., El-Sayed, N.M., Andersson, B., da Silveira, J.F. (2006). Molecular characterization of serine-, alanine-, and proline-rich proteins of Trypanosoma cruzi and their possible role in host cell infection. Infect. Immun. 74:1537-46. [PubMed] pdf

Wu, W., Niles, E.G., El-Sayed, N., Berriman, M., LoVerde, P. (2006). Schistosoma mansoni nuclear receptors: Sixteen new members and a novel subfamily. Gene 366:303-315. [Epub 2006 Jan 6][PubMed] pdf


2005

Bringaud, F., Ghedin, E., Blandin, G., Bartholomeu, D., Levin, M.J., Baltz, T., El-Sayed, N.M. (2005). Evolution of non-LTR retrotransposons in the trypanosomatid genomes:Leishmania major lost the active elements. Mol. Biochem. Parasitol. [Epub 2005 Oct 10] [PubMed] pdf

Bringaud, F., Bartholomeu, D., Blandin, G., Delcher, A., Baltz, T., El-Sayed, N.M., Ghedin, E. (2006). The Trypanosoma cruzi L1Tc and NARTc non-LTR retrotransposons show relative site specificity for insertion. Mol. Biol. Evol. 23:411-420. [Epub 2005 Nov 2] [PubMed] pdf

MacLeod, A., Tweedie, A., McLellan, S., Taylor, S., Hall, N., Berriman, M., El-Sayed, N.M., Hope, M., Turner, C.M.R., Tait, A. (2005). The genetic map and comparative analysis with physical map of Trypanosoma brucei. Nuc. Acids. Res. 33:6688-93. [Epub 2005 Nov 27] [PubMed] pdf

Barry, J.D., Marcello, L., Morrison, L.J., Read, A.F., Lythgoe, K., Jones, N., Carrington, M., Blandin, G., Bohme, U., Caler, E., Hertz-Fowler, C., Renauld, H., El-Sayed, N., Berriman, M. (2005). What the genome sequence is revealing about trypanosome antigenic variation. Biochem. Soc. Trans. 33:986-9. [PubMed]


El-Sayed N.M., Myler, P.J., Blandin, G., Berriman, M., Crabtree, J., Aggarwal, G., Caler, E., Renauld, H., Worthey, E.A., Hertz-Fowler, C., Ghedin, E., Peacock, C., Bartholomeu, D.C., Haas, B.J., Tran, A.N., Wortman, J.R., Alsmark, U.C., Angiuoli, S., Anupama, A., Badger, J., Bringaud, F., Cadag, E., Carlton, J.M., Cerqueira, G.C., Creasy, T., Delcher, A.L., Djikeng, A., Embley, T.M., Hauser, C., Ivens, A.C., Kummerfeld, S.K., Pereira-Leal, J.B., Nilsson, D., Peterson, J., Salzberg, S.L., Shallom, J., Silva, J.C., Sundaram, J., Westenberger, S., White, O., Melville, S.E., Donelson, J.E., Andersson, B., Stuart, K.D., Hall, N. (2005). Comparative genomics of trypanosomatid parasitic protozoa. Science 309:404-409. [PubMed] [Nature Reviews Genetics Research Highlights] [J. Clin. Invest. News] pdf

Science
El-Sayed N.M., Myler, P.J., Bartholomeu, D.C., Nilsson, D., Aggarwal, G., Tran, A.N., Ghedin, E., Worthey, E.A., Delcher, A.L., Blandin, G., Westenberger, S.J., Caler, E., Cerqueira, G.C., Branche, C., Haas, B., Anupama, A., Arner, E., Aslund, L., Attipoe, P., Bontempi, E., Bringaud, F., Burton, P., Cadag, E., Campbell, D.A., Carrington, M., Crabtree, J., Darban, H., da Silveira, J.F., De Jong, P., Edwards, K., Englund, P.T., Fazelina, G., Feldblyum, T., Ferella, M., Frasch, A.C., Gull, K., Horn, D., Hou, L., Huang, Y., Kindlund, E., Klingbeil, M., Kluge, S., Koo, H., Lacerda, D., Levin, M.J., Lorenzi, H., Louie, T., Machado, C.R., McCulloch, R., McKenna, A., Mizuno, Y., Mottram, J.C., Nelson, S., Ochaya, S., Osoegawa, K., Pai, G., Parsons, M., Pentony, M., Pettersson, U., Pop, M., Ramirez, J.L., Rinta, J., Robertson, L., Salzberg, S.L., Sanchez, D.O., Seyler, A., Sharma, R., Shetty, J., Simpson, A.J., Sisk, E., Tammi, M.T., Tarleton, R., Teixeira, S., Van Aken, S., Vogt, C., Ward, P.N., Wickstead, B., Wortman, J., White, O., Fraser, C.M., Stuart, K.D., Andersson, B. (2005). The genome sequence of Trypanosoma cruzi, etiologic agent of Chagas disease. Science 309:409-415. [PubMed] [Faculty 1000 Exceptional] [ESI Fast Moving Front] pdf

Berriman M., Ghedin, E., Hertz-Fowler, C., Blandin, G., Renauld, H., Bartholomeu, D.C., Lennard, N.J., Caler, E., Hamlin, N.E., Haas, B., Bohme, U., Hannick, L., Aslett, M,A., Shallom, J., Marcello, L., Hou, L., Wickstead, B., Alsmark, U.C., Arrowsmith, C., Atkin, R.J., Barron, A.J., Bringaud, F., Brooks, K., Carrington, M., Cherevach, I., Chillingworth, T.J., Churcher, C., Clark, L.N., Corton, C.H., Cronin, A., Davies, R.M., Doggett, J., Djikeng, A., Feldblyum, T., Field, M.C., Fraser, A., Goodhead, I., Hance, Z., Harper, D., Harris, B.R., Hauser, H., Hostetler, J., Ivens, A., Jagels, K., Johnson, D., Johnson, J., Jones, K., Kerhornou, A.X., Koo, H., Larke, N., Landfear, S., Larkin, C., Leech, V., Line, A., Lord, A., Macleod, A., Mooney, P.J., Moule, S., Martin, D.M., Morgan, G.W., Mungall, K., Norbertczak, H., Ormond, D., Pai, G., Peacock, C.S., Peterson, J., Quail, M.A., Rabbinowitsch, E., Rajandream, M.A., Reitter, C., Salzberg, S.L., Sanders, M., Schobel, S., Sharp, S., Simmonds, M., Simpson, A.J., Tallon, L., Turner, C.M., Tait, A., Tivey, A.R., Van Aken, S., Walker, D., Wanless, D., Wang, S., White, B., White, O., Whitehead, S., Woodward, J., Wortman. J., Adams, M.D., Embley, T.M., Gull, K., Ullu, E., Barry, J.D., Fairlamb, A.H., Opperdoes, F., Barrell, B.G., Donelson, J.E., Hall, N., Fraser, C.M., Melville, S.E., El-Sayed N.M. (2005). The genome of the African trypanosome Trypanosoma brucei. Science 309:416-22. [PubMed] [Faculty 1000 Exceptional] pdf

 
 

Boonyaratanakornkit, B.B., Simpson, A.J., Whitehead, T.A., Fraser, C.M., El-Sayed, N.M. and Clark, D.S. 2005. Transcriptional profiling of the hyperthermophilic methanarchaeon Methanococcus jannaschii in response to lethal heat and non-lethal cold shock. Environ. Microbiol.7:789-797. [PubMed] pdf

Ouhammouch, M., Langham, G.E.,Hausner, W., Simpson, A.J., El-Sayed, N.M. & Geidushek, P. 2005. Promoter architecture and response to a positive regulator of archaeal transcription. Mol. Microbiol. 56:625-637. [PubMed] pdf

Loftus, B., Anderson, I., Davies, R., Alsmark, U.C., Samuelson, J., Amedeo, P., Roncaglia, P., Berriman, M., Hirt, R.P., Mann, B.J., Nozaki, T., Suh, B., Pop, M., Duchene, M., …[25 authors]…, Stroup, S.E., Bhattacharya, S., Lohia, A., Foster, P.G., Sicheritz-Ponten, T., Weber, C., Singh, U., Mukherjee, C., El-Sayed, N.M., Petri, W.A. Jr, Clark, C.G., Embley, T.M., Barrell, B., Fraser, C.M., Hall, N. 2005. The genome of the protist parasite Entamoeba histolytica. Nature 433:865-868. [PubMed] pdf

Kim, D., Chiurillo, M.A., El-Sayed, N.M., Jones, K., Santos, M.R.M, Cerda, P.P., Andersson, B, Myler, P., da Silveira, J.F. & Ramirez, J.L. 2005. Telomere and subtelomere of Trypanosoma cruzi chromosomes are enriched in (pseudo)genes of retrotransposon hot spot and transialidase-like gene families: the origins of T. cruzi telomeres. Gene 346:153-161. [PubMed]


2004

Bartholomeu, D., El-Sayed, N.M.A. 2004. Sequencing Strategies for Parasite Genomes in Parasite Genomics Methods and Protocols – Methods in Molecular Biology (Melville, S.A, ed.). Humana Press. pdf

El-Sayed, N.M.A., Bartholomeu, D., Ivens, A., Johnston, D.A., LoVerde, P.T. 2004. Advances in Schistosoma genomics. Trends Parasitol. 20:154-157. [PubMed] pdf

LoVerde, P.T., Hirai, H., Merrick, J.M., Lee, N.H., El-Sayed, N.M.A. 2004. Schistosoma mansoni genome project: an update. Parasitol Int. 53:183-192. [PubMed] pdf

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology
Ghedin, E., Bringaud, F., Peterson, J., Myler, P., Berriman, M., Ivens, A., Andersson, B., Bontempi, E., Eisen, J., Angiuoli, S., Wanless, D., Von Arx, A., Murphy, L., Lennard, N., Salzberg, S., Adams, M.D., White, O., Hall, N., Stuart, K., Fraser, C.M., El-Sayed, N.M.A. 2004. Gene synteny and evolution of genome architecture in trypanosomatids. Mol. Biochem. Parasitol. 134:183-191. [PubMed] pdf

Bringaud, F., Biteau, N., Zuiderwijk, Berriman, M., El-Sayed, N.M.A., Ghedin, E., Melville, S.A., Hall, N. and T. Baltz. 2004. The ingi and RIME non-LTR retrotransposons are not randomly distributed in the genome of Trypanosoma brucei. Mol. Biol. Evol. 21:520-528.[PubMed] pdf


2003

El-Sayed,N.M.A., Ghedin,E., Song,J., MacLeod,A., Bringaud,F., Larkin,C., Wanless,D., Peterson,J., Hou,L., Taylor,S., Tweedie,A., Biteau,N., Khalak,H.G., Lin,X., Mason,T., Hannick,L., Caler,E., Blandin,G., Bartholomeu,D., Simpson,A.J., Kaul,S., Zhao,H., Pai,G., Van Aken,S., Utterback,T., Haas,B., Koo,H.L., Umayam,L., Suh,B., Gerrard,C., Leech,V., Qi,R., Zhou,S., Schwartz,D., Feldblyum,T., Salzberg,S., Tait,A., Turner,C.M., Ullu,E., White,O., Melville,S., Adams,M.D., Fraser,C.M., Donelson,J.E. 2003. The sequence and analysis of Trypanosoma brucei chromosome II. Nucleic Acids Res. 31:4856-4863. [PubMed] [Faculty of 1000 Must Read] pdf

 
2002

Bartholomeu, D.C., Silva, R.A., Galvão, L.M.C., El-Sayed, N.M.A., Donelson, J.E. and S.M. Teixeira. 2002. Trypanosoma cruzi: RNA Structure and Post-Transcriptional Control of Tubulin Gene Expression Exp. Parasitol. 102:123-133. [PubMed] pdf

Bringaud, F. Garcia-Pérez, J.L., Heras, S.R., Ghedin, E., El-Sayed, N.M., Andersson, B., Baltz, T., Lopez, M.C. 2002. Indentification of non-autonomous non-LTR retroposons in the genome of Trypanosoma cruzi. Mol. Biochem. Parasitol. 124:73-78. [PubMed] pdf

Bringaud, F., Biteau, N., Melville, S.E., Hez, S., El-Sayed, N.M., Leech, V., Berriman, M., Hall, N., Donelson, J.E. and Baltz, T. 2002. A new expressed multigene family containing a hot spot of insertion for retroelements is associated with polymorphic subtelomeric regions of Trypanosoma brucei. Euk. Cell 1:137-151. [PubMed] pdf

Diehl, S., Diehl, F., El-Sayed, N.M.A., Clayton, C. and Hoheisel, J.D. 2002. Analysis of stage-specific gene expression in the bloodstream and the procyclic form of Trypanosoma brucei using a genomic DNA-microarray. Mol. Biochem. Parasitol. 123:115-123. [PubMed] pdf


2001

LaCount, D.J., El-Sayed, N.M., Kaul, S., Wanless, D., Turner, C.M.R., Donelson, J.E. 2001. Analysis of a donor VSG and its expression site in African trypanosomes. Nucleic Acids Res. 29:2012-9. [PubMed] pdf


2000

El-Sayed, N.M.A., Hegde, P., Quackenbush, J., Melville, S.E., and Donelson, J.E. 2000. The African trypanosome genome. International J. Parasitol 30:329-345. [PubMed] pdf


1999

Donelson, J.E., Hill, K.L. and El-Sayed, N.M.A. 1999. Multiple mechanisms of immune evasion by African trypanosomes. In The Trypanosome Surface (Pays, E., ed.). De Boeck & Larcier s.a., Brussels, Belgium, pp. 71-91.

Donelson, J.E., Gardner, M.J., El-Sayed, N.M. 1999. More surprises from Kinetoplastida. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 96:2579-2581. [PubMed] pdf
 
1998

Clayton, C., Adams, M., Almeida, R., Baltz, T., ..., Donelson, J., El-Sayed, N., ...., Ullu, E. and Vanhamme, L. 1998. Genetic nomenclature of Trypanosoma and Leishmania. Mol Biochem Parasitol. 97: 221-224. [PubMed]

Donelson, J.E., Hill, K.L. and El-Sayed, N.M.A. 1998. Multiple mechanisms of immune evasion by African trypanosomes. Mol. Biochem. Parasitol. 91: 51-66. [PubMed]


1997

El-Sayed, N.M.A. and Donelson, J.E. 1997. African trypanosomes have differentially expressed genes encoding homologues of the Leishmania GP63 surface protease. J. Biol. Chem. 272: 26742-26748. [PubMed] pdf

El-Sayed, N.M.A. and Donelson, J.E. 1997. A survey of the Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense genome using shotgun sequencing. Mol. Biochem. Parasitol. 84: 167-178. [PubMed]

El-Sayed, N.M.A. and Donelson, J.E. 1997. Sequencing and mapping the African trypanosome genome. In Trypanosomiasis and Leishmaniasis: Biology and Control (Hide, G., Mottram, J.C., Coombs, G.H., Holmes, P.H., eds.). CAB International and the British Society for Parasitology pubs., pp 51-63.


1996

Morgan, R.W., El-Sayed, N.M.A., Kepa, J.K., Pedram, M. and Donelson, J.E. 1996. Differential expression of the expression site-associated gene I family in African trypanosomes. J.Biol. Chem. 271: 9771-9777. [PubMed] pdf


1995

El-Sayed, N.M.A., Alarcon, C.M., Beck, J.C., Sheffield, V.C. and Donelson, J.E. 1995. cDNA expressed sequence tags of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense provide new insights into the biology of the parasite. Mol. Biochem. Parasitol. 73: 75-90. [PubMed]

El-Sayed, N.M.A., Harkins, P.C., Fox, R.O., Anderson, K. and Patton, C.L. 1995. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray investigation of the recombinant Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense calmodulin. Proteins 21:354-357. [PubMed]
 
 
   
 

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