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List of works by Ricard Albalat

A statistical analysis of nucleotide substitutions in the Drosophila Adh region reflects irregularities in molecular clocks

scientific article published in June 2001

Adh and Adh-dup sequences of Drosophila lebanonensis and D. immigrans: interspecies comparisons

scientific article published in April 1993

Amphioxus alcohol dehydrogenase is a class 3 form of single type and of structural conservation but with unique developmental expression

scientific article published in November 2000

Amphioxus functional genomics and the origins of vertebrate gene regulation

scientific article published in Nature

Analysis of the NADH-dependent retinaldehyde reductase activity of amphioxus retinol dehydrogenase enzymes enhances our understanding of the evolution of the retinol dehydrogenase family

scientific article published on 02 July 2007

Biomphalaria glabrata Metallothionein: Lacking Metal Specificity of the Protein and Missing Gene Upregulation Suggest Metal Sequestration by Exchange Instead of through Selective Binding.

scientific article published on 6 July 2017

Characterization of a microsomal retinol dehydrogenase gene from amphioxus: retinoid metabolism before vertebrates

scientific article published in January 2001

Characterization of the amphioxus presenilin gene in a high gene-density genomic region illustrates duplication during the vertebrate lineage

scientific article

Coelimination and Survival in Gene Network Evolution: Dismantling the RA-Signaling in a Chordate.

scientific article published on 12 July 2016

Comparative expression analysis of Adh3 during arthropod, urochordate, cephalochordate, and vertebrate development challenges its predicted housekeeping role

scientific article published in March 2003

DNA methylation in amphioxus: from ancestral functions to new roles in vertebrates.

scientific article published on 02 March 2012

Developmental atlas of appendicularian Oikopleura dioica actins provides new insights into the evolution of the notochord and the cardio-paraxial muscle in chordates

scientific article published on 11 September 2018

Diatom bloom-derived biotoxins cause aberrant development and gene expression in the appendicularian chordate

scientific article published on 24 August 2018

Endogenous beta-galactosidase activity in amphioxus: a useful histochemical marker for the digestive system

scientific article published in March 2001

Evolution by gene loss.

scientific article published on 18 April 2016

Evolution of DNA-methylation machinery: DNA methyltransferases and methyl-DNA binding proteins in the amphioxus Branchiostoma floridae.

scientific article published on 24 September 2008

Evolution of retinoid and steroid signaling: vertebrate diversification from an amphioxus perspective.

scientific article

Evolution of the genetic machinery of the visual cycle: a novelty of the vertebrate eye?

scientific article published on 22 December 2011

Evolution of the nitric oxide synthase family in metazoans

scientific article published on 16 July 2010

Getting closer to a pre-vertebrate genome: the non-LTR retrotransposons of Branchiostoma floridae.

scientific article

Identification and characterisation of the developmental expression pattern of tbx5b, a novel tbx5 gene in zebrafish

scientific article published on 17 November 2009

Identification of Aldh1a, Cyp26 and RAR orthologs in protostomes pushes back the retinoic acid genetic machinery in evolutionary time to the bilaterian ancestor

scientific article

Impact of gene gains, losses and duplication modes on the origin and diversification of vertebrates

scientific article published on 03 January 2013

Insights into spawning behavior and development of the European amphioxus (Branchiostoma lanceolatum).

scientific article published in July 2007

Involvement of the C-terminal tail in the activity of Drosophila alcohol dehydrogenase. Evaluation of truncated proteins constructed by site-directed mutagenesis.

scientific article published in October 1995

Is retinoic acid genetic machinery a chordate innovation?

scientific article published in September 2006

Isolation and characterization of the first non-autonomous transposable element in amphioxus, ATE-1.

scientific article published on October 2003

Localization and characterization of the RNA binding protein TLS in skin and stratified mucosa

scientific article published on March 1998

Merging protein, gene and genomic data: the evolution of the MDR-ADH family.

scientific article

Metal binding functions of metallothioneins in the slug Arion vulgaris differ from metal-specific isoforms of terrestrial snails

scientific article published on 01 November 2018

Metal-Specificity Divergence between Metallothioneins of Nerita peloronta (Neritimorpha, Gastropoda) Sets the Starting Point for a Novel Chemical MT Classification Proposal

scientific article published in 2021

Metallomics reveals a persisting impact of cadmium on the evolution of metal-selective snail metallothioneins

scientific article published on 20 March 2020

Metallothioneins of the urochordate Oikopleura dioica have Cys-rich tandem repeats, large size and cadmium-binding preference

scientific article published on 01 November 2018

Oikopleura dioica alcohol dehydrogenase class 3 provides new insights into the evolution of retinoic acid synthesis in chordates

scientific article published in February 2010

Oikopleura dioica culturing made easy: a low-cost facility for an emerging animal model in EvoDevo

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Protein engineering of Drosophila alcohol dehydrogenase. The hydroxyl group of Tyr152 is involved in the active site of the enzyme

scientific article published in August 1992

Retinoic acid synthesis in the prevertebrate amphioxus involves retinol oxidation

scientific article published on 13 July 2002

S-Nitrosogluthathione reductase activity of amphioxus ADH3: insights into the nitric oxide metabolism

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The Xenopus alcohol dehydrogenase gene family: characterization and comparative analysis incorporating amphibian and reptilian genomes

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The amphioxus genome illuminates vertebrate origins and cephalochordate biology

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The ancestral retinoic acid receptor was a low-affinity sensor triggering neuronal differentiation.

scientific article published on 21 February 2018

The evolutionary landscape of the Rab family in chordates

scientific article published on 26 April 2019

The first non-LTR retrotransposon characterised in the cephalochordate amphioxus, BfCR1, shows similarities to CR1-like elements

scientific article published in April 2003

The non-LTR retrotransposons in Ciona intestinalis: new insights into the evolution of chordate genomes

scientific article published on October 21, 2003

The retinoic acid machinery in invertebrates: ancestral elements and vertebrate innovations.

scientific article published on 06 September 2009

Two Unconventional Metallothioneins in the Apple Snail <i>Pomacea bridgesii</i> Have Lost Their Metal Specificity during Adaptation to Freshwater Habitats

scientific article published on 24 December 2020

Wnt evolution and function shuffling in liberal and conservative chordate genomes

scientific article published on 25 July 2018