Departament de Genètica 


GENÈTICA EVOLUTIVA

Montserrat Aguadé
Ricard Albalat
Neus Cols
Elvira Juan
Francesc Mestres
Montserrat Papaceit
Marta Pascual
Julio Rozas
Carmen Segarra
Lluís Serra

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Articles

Dalfó D, Marqués N, Albalat R. Analysis of the NADH-dependent retinaldehyde reductase activity of amphioxus retinol dehydrogenase enzymes enhances our understanding of the evolution of the retinol dehydrogenase family. FEBS J. 2007; 274:3739-3752.

Fuentes M, Benito E, Bertrand S, Paris M, Mignardot A, Godoy L, Jimenez-Delgado S, Oliveri D, Candiani S, Hirsinger E, D'Aniello S, Pascual-Anaya J, Maeso I, Pestarino M, Vernier P, Nicolas JF, Schubert M, Laudet V, Geneviere AM, Albalat R, Garcia Fernandez J, Holland ND, Escriva H. Insights into spawning behavior and development of the European amphioxus (Branchiostoma lanceolatum). J. Exp. Zool. 2007; 308:484-493.

Godoy L, Gonzàlez-Duarte R, Albalat R. Analysis of planarian Adh3 supports an intron-rich architecture and tissue-specific expression for the urbilaterian ancestral form. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. B, Biochem. Mol. Biol. 2007; 146:489-495.

Cañestro C, Postlethwait JH, Gonzàlez-Duarte R, Albalat R. Is retinoic acid genetic machinery a chordate innovation? Evol. Dev. 2006; 8: 394-406.
Informació suplementària: alineament de proteïnes

Godoy L, Gonzàlez-Duarte R, Albalat R. S-nitrosogluthathione reductase activity of amphioxus ADH3: insights into the nitric oxide metabolism. Int. J. Biol. Sci. 2006; 2: 117-124.

Permanyer J, Albalat R, Gonzàlez-Duarte R. Getting closer to a pre-vertebrate genome: the non-LTR retrotransposons of Branchiostoma floridae. Int. J. Biol. Sci. 2006; 2: 48-53.

Gonzàlez-Duarte R. Albalat R. Merging protein, gene and genomic data: The evolution of the MDR-ADH family. Heredity 2005;95:184-197.

Fuentes M, Schubert M, Dalfó D, Candiani S, Benito E, Gardenyes J, Godoy L, Moret F, Illas M, Patten I, Permanyer J, Oliveri D, Boeuf G, Falcon J, Pestarino M, Garcia-Fernàndez J, Albalat R, Laudet V, Vernier P, Escriva H. Preliminary observations on the spawning conditions of the european amphioxus (Branchiostoma lanceolatum) in captivity. J. Exp. Zool. 2004;302B:384-391.

Permanyer J, Gonzàlez-Duarte R, Albalat R. The non-LTR retrotransposons in Ciona intestinalis. New insights into the evolution of chordate genomes. Genome Biol. 2003;4:R73.1-73.10

Cañestro C, Albalat R, Gonzàlez-Duarte R. Isolation and characterization of the first non-autonomous transposable element in amphioxus, ATE-1. Gene, 2003;318:69-73.

Albalat R, Permanyer J, Cañestro C, Martínez-Mir A, Gonzàlez-Angulo O, Gonzàlez-Duarte R. The first non-LTR retrotransposon characterised in the cephalochordate amphioxus, BfCR1, shows similarities to CR1-like elements. Cell. Mol. Life Sci. 2003;60:803-809.

Cañestro C, Godoy L, Gonzàlez-Duarte R, Albalat R. Comparative expression analysis of Adh3 during arthropod, urochordate, cephalochordate and vertebrate development challenges its predicted housekeeping role. Evol. Dev. 2003;5:157-162.

Dalfó D, Albalat R., Molotkov A, Duester G, Gonzàlez-Duarte R. Retinoic acid synthesis in the prevertebrate amphioxus involves retinal oxidation. Dev Genes Evol. 2002;212:388-393.

Cañestro C, Gonzàlez-Duarte R, Albalat R. Minisatellite instability at the Adh locus reveals somatic polymorphism in amphioxus. Nucleic Acids Res. 2002;30:2871-2876.

Cañestro C, Albalat R, Hjelmqvist L, Godoy L, Jörnvall H, Gonzàlez-Duarte R. Ascidian and amphioxus Adh genes correlate functional and molecular features of the ADH family expansion during vertebrate evolution. J. Mol. Evol. 2002;54:81-89.

Arenas C, Albalat R, Mestres F. Non-parametric application on nucleotide substitutions in DNA sequences. Statistica, 2001;3:377-384.

Martínez-Mir A, Cañestro C, Gonzàlez-Duarte R, Albalat R. Characterization of the amphioxus presenilin gene in a high gene-density genomic region illustrates duplication during the vertebrate lineage. Gene, 2001;279:157-164.

Albalat R, Arenas C, Mestres F. A statistical analysis of nucleotide substitutions in the Drosophila Adh region reflects irregularities in molecular clocks. Genes Genet Syst. 2001;76:209-212.

Cañestro C, Albalat R, Escrivà H, Gonzàlez-Duarte, R. Endogenous -galactosidase activity in amphioxus: a useful histochemical marker for the digestive system. Dev Genes Evol., 2001;211: 154-156.

Dalfó D, Cañestro C, Albalat R, Gonzàlez-Duarte R. Characterization of a microsomal retinol dehydrogenase gene from amphioxus: retinoid metabolism before vertebrates. Chem-Biol Interact. 2001;130-132:359-370.

Cañestro C, Hjelmqvist L, Albalat R, Garcia-Fernàndez J, Gonzàlez-Duarte R, Jörnvall H. Amphioxus alcohol dehydrogenase is a class 3 form of single type and of structural conservation but with unique developmental expression. Eur. J. Biochem., 2000;267:6511-6518.

Champliaud MF, Champliaud D, Albalat R, Burgeson R, Magro C, Baden HP. Locatization and characterization of the RNA binding protein TLS in skin and stratified mucosa. J. Invest. Dermatol. 1998;110:277-281.

Albalat R., Valls M, Fibla J, Atrian S, Gonzàlez-Duarte R. Involvement of C-terminal tail in the activity of Drosophila alcohol dehydrogenase. Eur. J. Biochem., 1995;233:498-506.

Albalat R, Marfany G, Gonzàlez-Duarte R. Analysis of nucleotide and amino acid conservation in the Drosophila Adh genomic region. Genetica, 1994;94:27-36.

Zinszner H, Albalat R, Ron D. A novel effector domain from the RNA-binding protein TLS or EWS is required for oncogenic transformation by CHOP. Genes & Dev. 1994;8:2513-2526.

Albalat R, Atrian S, Gonzàlez-Duarte R. Drosophila lebanonensis ADH: analysis of recombinant wild-type enzyme and site-directed mutants. FEBS Lett. 1994;341:171-176.

Albalat R, Gonzàlez-Duarte R. Some evolutionary aspects of Adh genomic region in Drosophila lebanonensis and Drosophila immigrans: Interspecies comparisons. Gene, 1993;126:171-178.

Atrian S, Marfany G, Albalat R, Gonzàlez-Duarte R. Primary structure analysis of Drosophila alcohol deshydrogenase. Biochem. Genet. (Life Sci. Adv.), 1992;11:19-29.

Albalat R., Gonzàlez-Duarte R, Atrian S. Protein engineering of alcohol deshydrogenase. FEBS Lett. 1992;308:235-239.

Visa N, Marfany G, Vilageliu Ll, Albalat R., Atrian S, Gonzàlez-Duarte R.. The Adh locus in Drosophila: Chromosomal location and restriction analysis in species with different phylogenetic relationships. Chromosoma, 1991;100:315-322.

Albalat R, Gonzàlez-Duarte R. Nucleotide sequence of the Adh gene of Drosophila lebanonensis. Nucleic Acids Res. 1990;18:6706.


Capítols de llibre

Dalfó D, Cañestro C, Albalat R, Gonzàlez-Duarte R. Characterization of a microsomal retinol dehydrogenase gene from amphioxus: retinoid metabolism before vertebrates. In: Enzymology and Molecular Biology of Carbonyl Metabolism. Edited by Henry Weiner. Elsevier Science. 2001

Atrian S, Albalat R, Cols N, Marfany G, Valls M, Gonzàlez-Duarte R. Picturing Drosophila Alcohol Dehydrogenase by Site-Directed-Mutagenesis. In: Perspectives on Protein Engineering. Eds. M.J. Geisow & R.Epton. Mayflower Worldwide Ltd; Birmingham. 1995