Entries by Juan Ramirez-Prado

Viral sequences in the Arabidopsis genome ($) (Mol. Phylogenetics Evol.)

September 7, 2018 in /by

Numerous prokaryotic and eukaryotic genes have been identified as having homology to viral sequences. This phenomenon is the result of horizontal gene transfer (HGT) between viral pathogens and host cells. Chu and collaborators performed a proteome-wide analysis for the identification of viral domains in the Arabidopsis proteome. The study identified 101 plant viral peptide sequences […]

Arabidopsis thaliana-associated Pseudomonas diversity and evolution

July 20, 2018 in /by

There is not much available information regarding the evolutionary aspects of one of the most studied pathosystem in plant biology: Arabidopsis thaliana and Pseudomonas. Karazov et al. performed various surveys in Arabidopsis wild populations, for the detection and characterization of their associated Pseudomonas strains. Pseudomonas spp. were detected in 97% of epi- and 88% of […]