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Publications: Dr Alexandre de Mendoza Soler

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Dukatz M, Dittrich M, Stahl E, Adam S, de Mendoza A, Bashtrykov P, Jeltsch A ( 2022 ) . DNA methyltransferase DNMT3A forms interaction networks with the CpG site and flanking sequence elements for efficient methylation . Journal of Biological Chemistry vol. 298 , ( 10 )
de Mendoza A, Nguyen TV, Ford E, Poppe D, Buckberry S, Pflueger J, Grimmer MR, Stolzenburg S et al. ( 2022 ) . Large-scale manipulation of promoter DNA methylation reveals context-specific transcriptional responses and stability . Genome Biology vol. 23 , ( 1 )
De Mendoza Soler A, Poppe D, Buckberry S, Pflueger J, Albertin CB, Daish T, Bertrand S, de la Calle-Mustiennes E et al. ( 2021 ) . The emergence of the brain non-CpG methylation system in vertebrates . Nature Ecology and Evolution
Ross SE, Angeloni A, Geng FS, de Mendoza A, Bogdanovic O ( 2020 ) . Developmental remodelling of non-CG methylation at satellite DNA repeats . Nucleic Acids Research vol. 48 , ( 22 ) 12675 - 12688 .
Ruiz-Trillo I, de Mendoza A ( 2020 ) . Towards understanding the origin of animal development . Development (Cambridge, England) vol. 147 , ( 23 )
Hadjieconomou D, King G, Gaspar P, Mineo A, Blackie L, Ameku T, Studd C, De Mendoza Soler A et al. ( 2020 ) . Enteric neurons increase maternal food intake during reproduction . Nature
Kenny NJ, Francis WR, Rivera-Vicéns RE, Juravel K, de Mendoza A, Díez-Vives C, Lister R, Bezares-Calderón LA et al. ( 2020 ) . Tracing animal genomic evolution with the chromosomal-level assembly of the freshwater sponge Ephydatia muelleri . Nature Communications vol. 11 , ( 1 )
Almudi I, Vizueta J, Wyatt CDR, de Mendoza A, Marlétaz F, Firbas PN, Feuda R, Masiero G et al. ( 2020 ) . Genomic adaptations to aquatic and aerial life in mayflies and the origin of insect wings . Nature Communications vol. 11 , ( 1 )
Ross S, Angeloni A, de Mendoza A, Bogdanovic O ( 2020 ) . Pervasive non-CpG methylation at zebrafish mosaic satellite repeats .
de Mendoza A, Lister R, Bogdanovic O ( 2019 ) . Evolution of DNA Methylome Diversity in Eukaryotes . Journal of Molecular Biology vol. 432 , ( 6 ) 1687 - 1705 .
de Mendoza A, Sebé-Pedrós A ( 2019 ) . Origin and evolution of eukaryotic transcription factors . Current Opinion in Genetics and Development vol. 58-59 , 25 - 32 .
de Mendoza A, Hatleberg WL, Pang K, Leininger S, Bogdanovic O, Pflueger J, Buckberry S, Technau U et al. ( 2019 ) . Convergent evolution of a vertebrate-like methylome in a marine sponge . Nature Ecology and Evolution vol. 3 , ( 10 ) 1464 - 1473 .
de Mendoza A, Sebé-Pedrós A ( 2019 ) . The Protistan Cellular and Genomic Roots of Animal Multicellularity . Old Questions and Young Approaches to Animal Evolution ,
De Mendoza A, Pflueger J, Lister R ( 2019 ) . Capture of a functionally active methyl-CpG binding domain by an arthropod retrotransposon family . Genome Research vol. 29 , ( 8 ) 1277 - 1286 .
De Mendoza A, Bonnet A, Vargas-Landin DB, Ji N, Hong F, Yang F, Li L, Hori K et al. ( 2018 ) . Recurrent acquisition of cytosine methyltransferases into eukaryotic retrotransposons . Nature Communications vol. 9 , ( 1 )
Knaupp AS, Buckberry S, Pflueger J, Lim SM, Ford E, Larcombe MR, Rossello FJ, de Mendoza A et al. ( 2017 ) . Transient and Permanent Reconfiguration of Chromatin and Transcription Factor Occupancy Drive Reprogramming . Cell Stem Cell vol. 21 , ( 6 ) 834 - 845.e6 .
Ford E, Grimmer M, Stolzenburg S, Bogdanovic O, Mendoza AD, Farnham P, Blancafort P, Lister R ( 2017 ) . Frequent lack of repressive capacity of promoter DNA methylation identified through genome-wide epigenomic manipulation .
Gold DA, Grabenstatter J, De Mendoza A, Riesgo A, Ruiz-Trillo I, Summons RE ( 2016 ) . Sterol and genomic analyses validate the sponge biomarker hypothesis . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America vol. 113 , ( 10 ) 2684 - 2689 .
De Mendoza A, Jones JW, Friedrich M ( 2016 ) . Methuselah/Methuselah-like G protein-coupled receptors constitute an ancient metazoan gene family . Scientific Reports vol. 6 ,
de Mendoza A, Suga H, Permanyer J, Irimia M, Ruiz-Trillo I ( 2015 ) . Complex transcriptional regulation and independent evolution of fungal-like traits in a relative of animals . eLife vol. 4 , ( OCTOBER2015 )
Torruella G, De Mendoza A, Grau-Bové X, Antó M, Chaplin MA, Del Campo J, Eme L, Pérez-Cordón G et al. ( 2015 ) . Phylogenomics Reveals Convergent Evolution of Lifestyles in Close Relatives of Animals and Fungi . Current Biology vol. 25 , ( 18 ) 2404 - 2410 .
Sebé-Pedrós A, de Mendoza A ( 2015 ) . Transcription Factors and the Origin of Animal Multicellularity . Evolutionary Transitions to Multicellular Life , vol. 2 ,
De Mendoza A, Ruiz-Trillo I ( 2014 ) . Forward genetics for back-in-time questions . eLife vol. 3 , ( November ) 1 - 3 .
Desvoyes B, De Mendoza A, Ruiz-Trillo I, Gutierrez C ( 2014 ) . Novel roles of plant RETINOBLASTOMA-RELATED (RBR) protein in cell proliferation and asymmetric cell division . Journal of Experimental Botany vol. 65 , ( 10 ) 2657 - 2666 .
De Mendoza A, Sebé-Pedrós A, Ruiz-Trillo I ( 2014 ) . The evolution of the GPCR signaling system in eukaryotes: Modularity, conservation, and the transition to metazoan multicellularity . Genome Biology and Evolution vol. 6 , ( 3 ) 606 - 619 .
De Mendoza A, Sebé-Pedrós A, Šestak MS, Matejčić M, Torruella G, Domazet-Lošo T, Ruiz-Trillo I ( 2013 ) . Transcription factor evolution in eukaryotes and the assembly of the regulatory toolkit in multicellular lineages . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America vol. 110 , ( 50 )
Suga H, Chen Z, De Mendoza A, Sebé-Pedrós A, Brown MW, Kramer E, Carr M, Kerner P et al. ( 2013 ) . The Capsaspora genome reveals a complex unicellular prehistory of animals . Nature Communications vol. 4 ,
Martín-Durán JM, De Mendoza A, Sebé-Pedrós A, Ruiz-Trillo I, Hejnol A ( 2013 ) . A broad genomic survey reveals multiple origins and frequent losses in the evolution of respiratory hemerythrins and hemocyanins . Genome Biology and Evolution vol. 5 , ( 7 ) 1435 - 1442 .
Suga H, Dacre M, De Mendoza A, Shalchian-Tabrizi K, Manning G, Ruiz-Trillo I ( 2012 ) . Genomic survey of premetazoans shows deep conservation of cytoplasmic tyrosine kinases and multiple radiations of receptor tyrosine kinases . Science Signaling vol. 5 , ( 222 )
de Mendoza A, Ruiz-Trillo I ( 2011 ) . New genomes, new taxa and deep questions in the eukaryotic tree of life: A meeting report on the EMBO comparative genomics conference . EvoDevo vol. 2 , ( 1 )
De Mendoza A, Ruiz-Trillo I ( 2011 ) . The mysterious evolutionary origin for the GNE gene and the root of bilateria . Molecular Biology and Evolution vol. 28 , ( 11 ) 2987 - 2991 .
Sebé-Pedrós A, De Mendoza A, Lang BF, Degnan BM, Ruiz-Trillo I ( 2011 ) . Unexpected repertoire of metazoan transcription factors in the unicellular holozoan capsaspora owczarzaki . Molecular Biology and Evolution vol. 28 , ( 3 ) 1241 - 1254 .
De Mendoza A, Suga H, Ruiz-Trillo I ( 2010 ) . Evolution of the MAGUK protein gene family in premetazoan lineages . BMC Evolutionary Biology vol. 10 , ( 1 )
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