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Evolution of GHF5 endoglucanase gene structure in plant-parasitic nematodes: no evidence for an early domain shuffling event

Tina Kyndt, Annelies Haegeman and Godelieve Gheysen*

BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008, 8:305 doi:10.1186/1471-2148-8-305

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Expression profiling and cross-species RNA interference (RNAi) of desiccation-induced transcripts in the anhydrobiotic nematode Aphelenchus avenae

Wesley Reardon, Sohini Chakrabortee, Tiago Pereira, Trevor Tyson, Matthew C Banton, Katharine M Dolan, Bridget A Culleton, Michael J Wise, Ann M Burnell, Alan Tunnacliffe BMC Molecular Biology 2010, 11:6 (19 January 2010)

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In response to falling humidity, the nematode Aphelenchus avenae upregulates a set of genes before entering a state of suspended animation, upregulated glutathione peroxidase making a demonstrable contribution to surviving extreme dessication.

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Analysis of expressed sequence tags and identification of genes encoding cell-wall-degrading enzymes from the fungivorous nematode Aphelenchus avenae

Nurul Karim, John T Jones, Hiroaki Okada, Taisei Kikuchi BMC Genomics 2009, 10:525 (16 November 2009)

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Among 2,200 expressed genes identified in the fungivorus nematode Aphelenchus avenae, there are a set of genes encode cell-wall-degrading enzymes, indicating that this nematode also feeds on plants, and supporting the idea that plant parasitism has evolved from fungal feeding.

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