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List of works by João Marcelo Pereira Alves

A collection of bacterial isolates from the pig intestine reveals functional and taxonomic diversity

scientific article published on 15 December 2020

Automated system for gene annotation and metabolic pathway reconstruction using general sequence databases

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Bacterial steroid-17,20-desmolase is a taxonomically rare enzymatic pathway that converts prednisone to 1,4-androstanediene-3,11,17-trione, a metabolite that causes proliferation of prostate cancer cells

scientific article published on 20 December 2019

Biosynthesis of vitamins and cofactors in bacterium-harbouring trypanosomatids depends on the symbiotic association as revealed by genomic analyses

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Cirrhosis, bile acids and gut microbiota: unraveling a complex relationship.

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Cloning and characterization of bifunctional enzyme farnesyl diphosphate/geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase from Plasmodium falciparum

scientific article published on 04 June 2013

Clostridium scindens ATCC 35704: Integration of Nutritional Requirements, the Complete Genome Sequence, and Global Transcriptional Responses to Bile Acids

scientific article published on 22 March 2019

Clostridium scindens: a human gut microbe with a high potential to convert glucocorticoids into androgens

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Comparative genomics of cryptosporidium.

scientific article published on 2 May 2013

Congopain genes diverged to become specific to Savannah, Forest and Kilifi subgroups of Trypanosoma congolense, and are valuable for diagnosis, genotyping and phylogenetic inferences

scientific article published on 27 January 2014

Draft Genome Sequence of Curtobacterium sp. Strain ER1/6, an Endophytic Strain Isolated from Citrus sinensis with Potential To Be Used as a Biocontrol Agent.

scientific article published on 17 November 2016

Drawing the line between commensal and pathogenic Gardnerella vaginalis through genome analysis and virulence studies

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Endosymbiosis in trypanosomatids: the genomic cooperation between bacterium and host in the synthesis of essential amino acids is heavily influenced by multiple horizontal gene transfers.

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Erratum: Corrigendum: The genome of Cryptosporidium hominis

scientific article published in Nature

Evidence of Positive Selection of Aquaporins Genes from Pontoporia blainvillei during the Evolutionary Process of Cetaceans

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Expanded repertoire of kinetoplast associated proteins and unique mitochondrial DNA arrangement of symbiont-bearing trypanosomatids.

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First record of translocation in Culicidae (Diptera) mitogenomes: evidence from the tribe Sabethini

scientific article published on 27 September 2019

GenSeed-HMM: A Tool for Progressive Assembly Using Profile HMMs as Seeds and its Application in Alpavirinae Viral Discovery from Metagenomic Data

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Genome evolution and phylogenomic analysis of Candidatus Kinetoplastibacterium, the betaproteobacterial endosymbionts of Strigomonas and Angomonas

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Genome of the opportunistic pathogen Streptococcus sanguinis

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Genome-wide diversity and differentiation in New World populations of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax.

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Genome-wide identification of evolutionarily conserved Small Heat-Shock and eight other proteins bearing α-crystallin domain-like in kinetoplastid protists

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Genomic comparison of Trypanosoma conorhini and Trypanosoma rangeli to Trypanosoma cruzi strains of high and low virulence

scientific article published on 24 October 2018

Genomic sequence analysis and characterization of Sneathia amnii sp. nov

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Human migration and the spread of malaria parasites to the New World.

scientific article published on 31 January 2018

Identification and characterization of a novel calcium-activated apyrase from Cryptosporidium parasites and its potential role in pathogenesis

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Identification and immunological characterization of three potential vaccinogens against Cryptosporidium species.

scientific article published on 14 September 2011

Identification and phylogenetic analysis of heme synthesis genes in trypanosomatids and their bacterial endosymbionts.

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Identification of a gene encoding a flavoprotein involved in bile acid metabolism by the human gut bacterium Clostridium scindens ATCC 35704.

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Investigation of the pathways related to intrinsic miltefosine tolerance in Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis clinical isolates reveals differences in drug uptake

scientific article published on 25 February 2019

Merozoite surface protein-1 genetic diversity in Plasmodium malariae and Plasmodium brasilianum from Brazil

scientific article published on 16 November 2015

Metabolism of oxo-bile acids and characterization of recombinant 12α-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases from bile acid 7α-dehydroxylating human gut bacteria Clostridium scindens ATCC 35704, Clostridium hylemonae DSM 15053 and Clostridium hiranonis DSM 13

scientific article published on 16 March 2018

Phylogenetic and syntenic data support a single horizontal transference to a Trypanosoma ancestor of a prokaryotic proline racemase implicated in parasite evasion from host defences

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Population genomics reveals the expansion of highly inbred Plasmodium vivax lineages in the main malaria hotspot of Brazil

scientific article published on 28 October 2020

Repertoire, genealogy and genomic organization of cruzipain and homologous genes in Trypanosoma cruzi, T. cruzi-like and other trypanosome species.

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Single-target high-throughput transcription analyses reveal high levels of alternative splicing present in the FPPS/GGPPS from Plasmodium falciparum

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The 'in vivo lifestyle' of bile acid 7α-dehydroxylating bacteria: comparative genomics, metatranscriptomic, and bile acid metabolomics analysis of a defined microbial community in gnotobiotic mice

scientific article published on 09 June 2019

The Evolutionary Loss of RNAi Key Determinants in Kinetoplastids as a Multiple Sporadic Phenomenon

scientific article published on 16 February 2017

The Importance of Glycerophospholipid Production to the Mutualist Symbiosis of Trypanosomatids

scientific article published on 04 January 2022

The Pangenome of the Anticarsia gemmatalis Multiple Nucleopolyhedrovirus (AgMNPV).

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The Vaginal Microbiome: Disease, Genetics and the Environment

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The genome of Cryptosporidium hominis

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The reduced genome of Candidatus Kinetoplastibacterium sorsogonicusi, the endosymbiont of Kentomonas sorsogonicus (Trypanosomatidae): loss of the haem-synthesis pathway.

scientific article published on 12 April 2018

Trypanosoma cruzi infection induces a global host cell response in cardiomyocytes

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Using mitochondrial genome sequences to track the origin of imported Plasmodium vivax infections diagnosed in the United States

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