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90 Rom, J.S., Le Breton, Y., Islam, E., Belew, A.T., El-Sayed, N.M., & McIver, K.S. (2022). Loss of rpoE Encoding the δ-Factor of RNA Polymerase Impacts Pathophysiology of the Streptococcus pyogenes M1T1 Strain 5448. Microorganisms, 10(8), 1686. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10081686
89 Burcham, L.R., Akbari, M.S., Alhajjar, N., Keogh, R.A., Radin, J.N., Kehl-Fie, T.E., Belew, A.T., El-Sayed, N.M., McIver, K.S., & Doran, K.S. (2022). Genomic Analyses Identify Manganese Homeostasis as a Driver of Group B Streptococcal Vaginal Colonization. mBio, 13(3), e00985-22. https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.00985-22
88 Wang, R., Belew, A.T., Achuthan, V., El-Sayed, N.M., & DeStefano, J.J. (2021). Physiological magnesium concentrations increase fidelity of diverse reverse transcriptases from HIV-1, HIV-2, and foamy virus, but not MuLV or AMV. J. Gen. Virol., 102(12), 001708. https://doi.org/10.1099/jgv.0.001708
87 Gómez, M.A., Belew, A.T., Navas, A., Rosales-Chilama, M., Murillo, J., Dillon, L.A.L., Alexander, T.A., Martinez-Valencia, A., & El-Sayed, N.M. (2021). Early leukocyte responses in ex-vivo models of healing and non-healing human Leishmania (Viannia) panamensis infections. Front. Cell. Infect. Microbiol., 11(687607), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2021.687607
86 Smith, M., Yadav, S., Fagunloye, O.G., Pels, N.A., Horton, D.A., Alsultan, N., Borns, A., Cousin, C., Dixon, F., Mann, V.H., Lee, C., Brindley, P.J., El-Sayed, N.M., Bridger, J.M., & Knight, M. (2021). PIWI silencing mechanism involving the retrotransposon nimbus orchestrates resistance to infection with Schistosoma mansoni in the snail vector, Biomphalaria glabrata. PLoS Negl. Trop. Dis., 15(9), e0009094. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009094
85 Tavares, T., Mügge, F., Grazielle-Silva, V., Valente, B., Goes, W., Oliveira, A., Belew, A.T., Guarneri, A.A., Pais, F.S., El-Sayed, N.M., & Teixeira, S.M.R. (2021). A Trypanosoma cruzi zinc finger protein that is implicated in the control of epimastigote-specific gene expression and metacyclogenesis. Parasitology, 148(10), 1171-1185. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182020002176
84 Vargas, D.A., Gregory, D.J., Koren, R.N., Zilberstein, D., Belew, A.T., El-Sayed, N.M., & Gómez, M.A. (2020). Macrophage metallothioneins participate in the antileishmanial activity of antimonials. BioRxiv, (preprint), . https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.09.30.321471
83 Lee, V.T., Ghodssi, R., El-Sayed, N.M., Malik, R., Goloubeva, O.G., Hazen, T.H., & Rasko, D.A. (2020). Draft Genome Sequence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strain PA14-UM. Microbiol. Resour. Announc., 9(46), e00978-20. https://doi.org/10.1128/MRA.00978-20
82 Burcham, L.R., Le Breton, Y., Radin, J.N., Spencer, B.L., Deng, L., Hiron, A., Ransom, M.R., Mendonça, J.D.C., Belew, A.T., El-Sayed, N.M., McIver, K.S., Kehl-Fie, T.E., & Doran, K.S. (2020). Identification of zinc-dependent mechanisms used by Group B Streptococcus to overcome calprotectin-mediated stress. mBio, 11(6), 5460-5472. https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.02302-20
81 Hamidzadeh, K., Belew, A.T., El-Sayed, N.M., & Mosser, D.M. (2020). The transition of M-CSF-derived human macrophages to a growth-promoting phenotype. Blood Adv., 4(21), 5460-5472. https://doi.org/10.1182/bloodadvances.2020002683
80 Oliveira, A.E.R., Pereira, M.C.A., Belew, A.T., Ferreira, L.R.P., Pereira, L.M.N, Neves, E.G.A., Nunes, M.D.C.P., Burleigh, B.A., Dutra, W.O., El-Sayed, N.M., Gazzinelli, R.T., & Teixeira, S.M.R. (2020). Gene expression network analyses during infection with virulent and avirulent Trypanosoma cruzi strains unveil a role for fibroblasts in neutrophil recruitment and activation. PLoS Path., 16(8), e1008781. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1008781
79 Dalby E., Christensen, S.M., Wang J., Hamidzadeh, K., Chandrasekaran, P., Hughitt, V.K., Tafuri, W.L., Arantes, R.M.E., Rodrigues, I.A., Herbst, R., El-Sayed, N.M., Sims, G.P., & Mosser, D.M. (2020). Immune Complex-Driven Generation of Human Macrophages With Anti-Inflammatory and Growth-Promoting Activity. J. Immunol., 205(1), 102-112. https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.1901382
78 Edgar,R.J., van Hensbergen, V.P., Ruda, A., Turner, A.G., Deng, P., Le Breton, Y., El-Sayed, N.M., Belew, A.T., McIver, K.S., McEwan, A.G., Morris, A.J., Lambeau, G., Walker, M.J., Rush, J.S., Korotkov, K.V., Widmalm, G., van Sorge, N.M., Korotkova, N. (2019). Discovery of glycerol phosphate modification on streptococcal rhamnose polysaccharides. Nat. Chem. Biol., 15(5), 463–471. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41589-019-0251-4
77 Christensen, S.M., Belew, A.T., El-Sayed, N.M., Tafuri, W.L., Silveira, F.T., & Mosser, D.M. (2019). Host and parasite responses in human diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by L. amazonensis. PLoS Neg. Trop. Dis., 13(3), e0007152. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007152
76 Banks, D.A., Ahlbrand, S.E., Hughitt, V.K., Shah, S., Vogel, S.N., El-Sayed, N.M., & Briken, V. (2019). Mycobacterium tuberculosis inhibits autocrine type I interferon signaling to increase intracellular survival. J. Immunol., 202(8), 2348-2359. https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.1801303
75 Valdes, K., Sundar, G.S., Belew, A.T., Islam, E., El-Sayed, N.M., Le Breton, Y., & McIver, K.S. (2018). Glucose levels alter the Mga virulence regulon in the group A Streptococcus. Scientific Reports, 8(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-23366-7
74 Hossain. M., Alam, M., Khaleque, A., Islam, S., Sadique, A., Khan, N., Halim, Z., Sarker, M., El-Sayed, N.M., Huq, A., Ahsan, G.U., & Colwell, R.R. (2018). Virulence-Related Genes Identified from the Genome Sequence of the Non-O1/Non-O139 Vibrio cholerae Strain VcN1, Isolated from Dhaka, Bangladesh. Genome Announcements, 6(10), e01513-17. https://doi.org/10.1128/genomeA.01513-17
73 Geis-Asteggiante, L., Belew, A.T., Clements, V.K., Edwards, N.J., Ostrand-Rosenberg, S., El-Sayed, N.M., & Fenselau, C. (2018). Differential content of proteins, mRNAs, and miRNAs suggests that MDSC and their exosomes may mediate distinct immune suppressive functions. J. Proteome Res., 17(1), 486-498. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jproteome.7b00646
72 Belew, A.T., Junqueira, C., Rodrigues-Luiz, G.F., Valente, B.M., Oliveira, A.O., Polidoro, R.B., Zuccherato, L.W., Bartholomeu, D.C., Schenkman, S., Gazzinelli, R.T., Burleigh, B.A., El-Sayed, N.M., & Teixeira, S.M.R. (2017). Comparative transcriptome profiling of virulent and non-virulent Trypanosoma cruzi underlines the role of surface proteins during infection. PLoS Pathogens, 13(12), e1006767. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006767
71 Smircich, P., El-Sayed, N.M., & Garat, B. (2017). Intrinsic DNA curvature contributes indirect DNA readout effects in trypanosomes. BMC Res. Notes, 10(1), 585. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-017-2908-y
70 Le Breton, Y., Belew, A.T., Freiberg, J.A., Sundar, G.S., Islam, E., Lieberman, J., Shirtliff, M.E., Tettelin, H., El-Sayed, N.M., & McIver, K.S. (2017). Genome-wide discovery of novel M1T1 group A streptococcal determinants important for fitness and virulence during soft-tissue infection. PLoS Pathogens, 13(8), e1006584. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006584
69 Stevens, A.M., Smith, A.C., Marbach-Ad, G., Balcom, S.A., Buchner, J., Daniel, S.L., DeStefano, J.J., El-Sayed, N.M., Frauwirth, K., Lee, V.T., McIver, K.S., Melville, S.B., Mosser, D.M., Popham, D.L., Scharf, B.E., Schubot, F.D., Seyler, R.W., Shields, P.A., Song, W., Stein, D.C., Stewart, R.C., Thompson, K.V., Yang, Z., & Yarwood, S.A. (2017). Using a Concept Inventory to Reveal Student Thinking Associated with Common Misconceptions about Antibiotic Resistance. J. Microbiol. Biol. Educ., 18(1), 10. https://doi.org/10.1128/jmbe.v18i1.1281
68 Inbar, E., Hughitt, V.K., Dillon, L.A.L., Ghosh, K., El-Sayed, N.M., & Sacks, D.L. (2017). The Transcriptome of Leishmania major Developmental Stages in Their Natural Sand Fly Vector. mBio, 8(2), e00029-17. https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00029-17
67 Quigley, J., Hughitt, V.K., Velikovsky, C.A., Mariuzza, R., El-Sayed, N.M., & Briken, V. (2017). The cell wall lipid PDIM mediates phagosomal escape and host cell exit of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. mBio, 8(2), e00148-17. https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00148-17
66 Vega, L.A, Valdes, K.M., Sundar, G.S, Belew, A.T., Islam, E., Berge, J., Curry, P., Chen, S., El-Sayed, N.M., Breton, Y.L., & McIver, K.S. (2017). The transcriptional regulator CpsY is important for innate immune evasion in Streptococcus pyogenes. Infection and Immunity, 85(3), e00925. https://doi.org/10.1128/IAI.00925-16
B6 Bartholomeu, D., Teixeira, S., & El-Sayed, N.M. (2017). Genetics of Trypanosoma cruzi: Nuclear Genome. In Telleria, J. & Tibayrenc, M. (Eds.), American Trypanosomiasis Chagas Diseases: One Hundred Years of Research (2nd ed., pp. 429-446). Elsevier Press. https://www.elsevier.com/books/american-trypanosomiasis-chagas-disease/telleria/978-0-12-801029-7
65 Christensen, S.M., Dillon, L.A., Carvalho, L.P, Passos, S., Novais, F.O., Hughitt, V.K., Beiting D.P., Carvalho, E.M., Scott, P., El-Sayed, N.M., Mosser, D.M. (2016). Meta-transcriptome profiling of the human-Leishmania braziliensis cutaneous lesion. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 10(9), e0004992. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004992
64 Houston-Ludlam, G.A., Belew, A.T., & El-Sayed, N.M. (2016). Comparative transcriptome profiling of human foreskin fibroblasts infected with the Sylvio and Y strains of Trypanosoma cruzi. PLoS One, 11(8), e0159197. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0159197
63 Fernandes, M.C., Dillon, L.A.L., Belew, A.T., Corrada Bravo, H., Mosser, D.M., & El-Sayed, N.M. (2016). Dual transcriptome profiling of Leishmania-infected human macrophages reveals distinct reprogramming signatures. mBio, 7(3), e00027-16. https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.00027-16
62 Li, Y., Shah-Simpson, S., Okrah, K., Belew, A.T., Choi, J., Caradonna, K.L., Padmanabhan, P., Ndegwa, D. M., Temanni, M.R., Corrada Bravo, H., El-Sayed, N.M., & Burleigh, B.A. (2016). Transcriptome remodeling in Trypanosoma cruzi and human cells during intracellular infection. PLoS Pathogens, 12(4), e1005511. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1005511
61 Valdes, K.M., Sundar, G.S., Vega, L.A., Belew. A.T., Islam, E., Binet, R., El-Sayed, N.M., Le Breton, Y., & McIver. K.S. (2016). The fruRBA operon is necessary for Group A Streptococcal growth in fructose and for resistance to neutrophil killing during growth in whole human blood. Infection and Immunity, 84(4), 1016-31. https://doi.org/10.1128/iai.01296-15
60 Dillon, L.A.L., Okrah, K., Suresh, R., Corrada Bravo, H., Mosser, D.M., & El-Sayed, N.M. (2015). Simultaneous transcriptional profiling of Leishmania major parasites and murine macrophages. BMC Genomics, 16, 1108. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-015-2237-2
59 Dillon, L.A., Okrah, K., Hughitt, V.K., Suresh, R., Li, Y., Fernandes, M.C., Belew, A.T., Corrada Bravo, H., Mosser, D.M., & El-Sayed, N.M. (2015). Transcriptomic profiling of gene expression and RNA processing during Leishmania major differentiation. Nucleic Acids Research, 43(14), 6799-813. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkv656
58 Fleming, B.D., Chandrasekaran, P., Dillon, L.A., Dalby, E., Suresh, R., Sarkar, A., El-Sayed, N.M., & Mosser, D.M. (2015). The generation of macrophages with anti-inflammatory activity in the absence of STAT6 signaling. Journal of Leukocyte Biology, 98(3), 395-407. https://doi.org/10.1189/jlb.2a1114-560r
57 Le Breton, Y., Belew, A.T., Valdes, K.M., Islam, E., Curry, P., Tettelin, H., Shirtliff, M.E., El-Sayed, N.M., & McIver, K.S. (2015). Essential Genes in the Core Genome of the Human Pathogen Streptococcus pyogenes. Nature Scientific Reports, 5, 9838. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep09838
56 Smircich, P., Forteza, D., El-Sayed, N.M., & Garat, B. (2013). Genomic analysis of sequence-dependent DNA curvature in Leishmania. PLoS One, 8(4), e63068. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0063068
55 Savage, A.F., Cerqueira, G.C., Regmi, S., Wu, Y., El-Sayed, N.M., & Aksoy, S. (2012). Transcript expression analysis of putative Trypanosoma brucei GPI-anchored surface proteins during development in the tsetse and mammalian hosts. PLoS Neg. Trop. Dis., 6(6), e1708. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001708
54 Waisberg, M., Cerqueira, G.C., Yager, S.B., Francischetti, I.M., Lu, J., Gera, N., Srinivasan, P., Miura, K., Rada, B., Lukszo, J., Barbian, K.D., Leto, T.L., Porcella, S.F., Narum, D.L., El-Sayed, N.M., Miller, L.H., & Pierce, S.K. (2012). Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein 1 blocks the proinflammatory protein S100P. PNAS, 109(14), 5429-34. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1202689109
53 Choi, J., & El-Sayed, N.M. (2011). Functional Genomics of Trypanosomatids. Parasite Immunology, 34(2-3), 72-9. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3024.2011.01347.x
52 Simões, M.C., Lee, J., Djikeng, A., Cerqueira, G.C., Zerlotini, A., da Silva-Pereira, R.A., Dalby, A.R., LoVerde, P., El-Sayed, N.M., & Oliveira, G. (2011). Identification of Schistosoma mansoni microRNAs. BMC Genomics, 12, 47. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-12-47
B5 Teixeira, S.M., El-Sayed, N.M., & Araújo, P.R. (2011). Chapter 10 - The genome and its implications. In Weiss, L.M., Tanowitz, H.B., & Kirchhoff, L.V. (Eds.), Advances in Parasitology Chagas Disease, Part A (1st ed., pp. 209-30). Elsevier Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-385863-4.00010-1
51 Marbach-Ad, G., McAdams, K., Benson, S., Briken, V., Cathcart, L., Chase, M., El-Sayed, N., Frauwirth, K.,  Fredericksen, B., Joseph , S., Lee, V., McIver, K., Mosser, D., Quimby, B., Shields, P., Song, W., Stein, D., Stewart, R., Thompson, K., & Smith, A. (2010). A Model for Using a Concept Inventory as a Tool for Students' Assessment and Faculty Professional Development. CBE Life Sciences Education, 9(4), 408-16. 408–416
50 Severance, S., Rajagopal, A., Rao, A.U., Cerqueira, G.C., Mitreva, M., El-Sayed, N.M., Krause, M., & Hamza, I. (2010). Genome-wide analysis reveals novel genes essential for heme homeostasis in Caen­rhabditis elegans. PLoS Genetics, 6(7), e1001044. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1001044
49 Joseph, S.J., Fernández-Robledo, J.A., Gardner, M.J., El-Sayed, N.M., Kuo, C.H., Schott, E.J., Wang, H., Kissinger, J.C., & Vasta, G.R. (2010). The Alveolate Perkinsus marinus: biological insights from EST gene discovery. BMC Genomics, 11, 228. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-11-228
B4 Bartholomeu, D., Buck, G., Teixeira, S., & El-Sayed, N.M. (2010). Genetics of Trypanosoma cruzi. In Telleria, J. & Tibayrenc, M. (Eds.), American Trypanosomiasis Chagas Disease: One Hundred Years of Research (1st ed., pp. 433-457). Elsevier Press. https://www.elsevier.com/books/american-trypanosomiasis/telleria/978-0-12-384876-5
48 Ittiprasert, W., Miller, A., Myers, J., Nene, V., El-Sayed, N.M., & Knight, M. (2009). Identification of immediate response genes dominantly expressed in juvenile resistant and susceptible Biomphalaria glabrata snails upon exposure to Schistosoma mansoni. Molecular Biochemical Parasitology, 169(1), 27-39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molbiopara.2009.09.009
47 Berriman, M., Haas, B.J., LoVerde, P.T., Wilson, R.A., Dillon, G.P., Cerqueira, G.C., Mashiyama, S.T., Al-Lazikani, B., Andrade, L.F., Ashton, P.D., Aslett, M.A., Bartholomeu, D.C., Blandin, G., Caffrey, C.R., Coghlan, A., Coulson, R., Day, T.A., Delcher, A., DeMarco, R., Djikeng, A., Eyre, T., Gamble, J.A., Ghedin, E., Gu, Y., Hertz-Fowler, C., Hirai, H., Hirai, Y., Houston, R., Ivens, A., Johnston, D.A., Lacerda, D., Macedo, C.D., McVeigh, P., Ning, Z., Oliveira, G., Overington, J.P., Parkhill, J., Pertea, M., Pierce, R.J., Protasio, A.V., Quail, M.A., Rajandream, M.A., Rogers, J., Sajid, M., Salzberg, S.L., Stanke, M., Tivey, A.R., White, O., Williams, D.L., Wortman, J., Wu, W., Zamanian, M., Zerlotini, A., Fraser-Liggett, C.M., Barrell, B.G., & El-Sayed, N.M. (2009). The genome of the blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni. Nature, 460(7253), 352-8. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature08160
46 Bartholomeu, D.C., Cerqueira, G.C., Leao, A.C.A., daRocha, W.D., Pais, F.S., Macedo, C., Djikeng, A., Teixeira, S.M.R., & El-Sayed, N.M. (2009). Genomic organization and expression profile of the mucin-associated surface protein (masp) family of the human pathogen Trypanosoma cruzi. Nucleic Acids Research, 120(4), 357-63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exppara.2008.09.005
45 Marbach-Ad, G., Briken, V., El-Sayed, N.M., Frauwirth, K., Fredericksen, B., Hutcheson, S., Gao, L.Y., Joseph, S., Lee, V.T., McIver, K.S., Mosser, D., Quimby, B.B., Shields, P., Song, W., Stein, D.C., Yuan, R.T., & Smith, A.C. (2009). Assessing student understanding of host pathogen interactions using a concept inventory. Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education, 10(1), 43-50. https://doi.org/10.1128/jmbe.v10.98
44 Bringaud, F., Ghedin, E., El-Sayed, N.M., & Papadopoulou, B. (2008). Role of transposable elements in trypanosomatids. Microbes and Infection, 10(6), 575-81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micinf.2008.02.009
43 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. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, 157(1), 65-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molbiopara.2007.10.002
42 Waisberg, M., Lobo, F.P., Cerqueira, G.C., Passos, L.K., Carvalho, O.S., El-Sayed, N.M., & Franco, G.R. (2008). Schistosoma mansoni: Microarray analysis of gene expression induced by host sex. Experimental Parasitology, 120(4), 357-63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exppara.2008.09.005
41 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. PLoS Pathogens, 3(9), 1291-307. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.0030136
40 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., Schobel, S., Pertea, M. Pop, M., White, O., Barton, G.J., Carlow, C.K., Crawford, M.J., Daub, J., Dimmic, M.W., Estes, C.F., Foster, J.M., Ganatra, M., Gregory, W.F., Johnson, N.M., Jin, J., Komuniecki, R., Korf, I., Kumar, S., Laney, S., Li, B.W., Li, W., Lindlom, T.H., Lustigman, S., Ma, D., Maina, C.V., Martin, D.M., McCarter, J.P., McReynolds, L., Mitreva, M., Nutman, T.B., Parkinson, J., Peregrin-Alvarez, J.M., Poole, C., Ren, Q., Saunders, L., Sluder, A.E., Smith, K., Stanke, M., Unnasch, T.R., Ware, J., Wei, A.D., Weil, G., Williams, D.J., 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(5845), 1756-60. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1145406
39 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. Experimental Parasitology, 117(3), 225-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exppara.2007.06.005
38 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. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-8-181
37 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. Eukaryotic Cell, 6(7), 1228-38. https://doi.org/10.1128/ec.00036-07
36 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, 158(1), 119-30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.protis.2006.09.003
35 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. Parasitology Research, 100(4), 887-92. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-006-0332-7
34 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 Molecular Biology, 15(4), 411-24. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2583.2006.00649.x
33 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, 7, 60. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-7-60
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23 Boonyaratanakornkit, B.B., Simpson, A.J., Whitehead, T.A., Fraser, C.M., El-Sayed, N.M., & Clark, D.S. (2005). Transcriptional profiling of the hyperthermophilic methanarchaeon Methanococcus jannaschii in response to lethal heat and non-lethal cold shock. Environmental Microbiology, 7(6), 789-97. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2005.00751.x
22 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. Molecular Microbiology, 56(3), 625-37. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04563.x
21 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., Ackers, J., Tannich, E., Leippe, M., Hofer, M., Bruchhaus, I., Willhoeft, U., Bhattacharya, A., Chillingworth, T., Churcher, C., Hance, Z., Harris, B., Harris, D., Jagels, K., Moule, S., Mungall, K., Ormond, D., Squares, R., Whitehead, S., Quail, M.A., Rabbinowitsch, E., Norbertczak, H., Price, C., Wang, Z., Guillén, N., Gilchrist, C., 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(7028), 865-8. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature03291
20 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 trans-sialidase-like gene families: the origins of T. cruzi telomeres. Gene, 346, 153-61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gene.2004.10.014
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11 Diehl, S., Diehl, F., El-Sayed, N.M., Clayton, C., & Hoheisel, J.D. (2002). Analysis of sbadgee-specific gene expression in the bloodstream and the procyclic form of Trypanosoma brucei using a genomic DNA-microarray. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, 123(2), 115-123. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0166-6851(02)00138-x
10 LaCount, D.J., El-Sayed, N.M., Kaul, S., Wanless, D., Turner, C.M.R., & Donelson, J.E. (2001). Analysis of a donor gene region for a variant surface glycoprotein and its expression site in African trypanosomes. Nucleic Acids Research, 29(10), 2012-9. https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fnar%2F29.10.2012
9 El-Sayed, N.M.A., Hegde, P., Quackenbush, J., Melville, S.E., & Donelson, J.E. (2000). The African trypanosome genome. International Journal for Parasitology, 30(4), 329-45. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0020-7519(00)00015-1
8 Donelson, J.E., Gardner, M.J., & El-Sayed, N.M. (1999). More surprises from Kinetoplastida. PNAS, 96(6), 2579-81. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.96.6.2579
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5 El-Sayed, N.M.A. & Donelson, J.E. (1997). African trypanosomes have differentially expressed genes encoding homologues of the Leishmania GP63 surface protease. J. Biol. Chem., 272(42), 26742-8. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.272.42.26742
4 El-Sayed, N.M.A. & Donelson, J.E. (1997). A survey of the Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense genome using shotgun sequencing. Mol. Biochem. Parasitol., 84(2), 167-78. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0166-6851(96)02792-2
3 Morgan, R.W., El-Sayed, N.M.A., Kepa, J.K., Pedram, M., & Donelson, J.E. (1995). Differential expression of the expression site-associated gene I family in African trypanosomes. J. Biol. Chem., 271(16), 9771-7. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.271.16.9771
2 El-Sayed, N.M.A., Alarcon, C.M., Beck, J.C., Sheffield, V.C. & Donelson, J.E. (1995). cDNA expressed sequence tags of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense provide new insights into the biology of the parasite. Mol. Biochem. Parasit., 73(1-2), 75-90. https://doi.org/10.1016/0166-6851(95)00098-l
1 El-Sayed, N.M., Harkins, P.C., Fox, R.O., Anderson, K., & Patton, C.L. (1995). Crystallization and preliminary X-ray investigation of the recombinant Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense calmodulin. Proteins, 21(4), 354-7. https://doi.org/10.1002/prot.340210409