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ArticleGenome biology and evolution2018

GC Content of Early Metazoan Genes and Its Impact on Gene Expression Levels in Mammalian Cell Lines.

Ismail Sahin Gul, Jens Staal, Paco Hulpiau, Evi De Keuckelaere, Kai Kamm, Tom Deroo, Ellen Sanders, Katrien Staes, Yasmine Driege, Yvan Saeys and 4 more

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Article in Genome biology and evolution, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Ismail Sahin GulCenter for Inflammation Research, Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB), Ghent, Belgium.
Jens StaalCenter for Inflammation Research, Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB), Ghent, Belgium.
Paco HulpiauCenter for Inflammation Research, Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB), Ghent, Belgium.
Evi De KeuckelaereCenter for Inflammation Research, Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB), Ghent, Belgium.
Kai KammInstitut für Tierökologie und Zellbiologie (ITZ), Division of Ecology and Evolution, Stiftung Tieraerztliche Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany.
Tom DerooCenter for Inflammation Research, Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB), Ghent, Belgium.
Ellen SandersCenter for Inflammation Research, Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB), Ghent, Belgium.
Katrien StaesCenter for Inflammation Research, Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB), Ghent, Belgium.
Yasmine DriegeCenter for Inflammation Research, Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB), Ghent, Belgium.
Yvan SaeysCenter for Inflammation Research, Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB), Ghent, Belgium.
Rudi BeyaertCenter for Inflammation Research, Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB), Ghent, Belgium.
Ulrich TechnauDepartment of Molecular Evolution and Development, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Austria.
Bernd SchierwaterInstitut für Tierökologie und Zellbiologie (ITZ), Division of Ecology and Evolution, Stiftung Tieraerztliche Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany.
Frans van RoyCenter for Inflammation Research, Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB), Ghent, Belgium.
Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie · BEUniversity of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation · DEUniversity of Vienna · AT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

With the genomes available for many animal clades, including the early-branching metazoans, one can readily study the functional conservation of genes across a diversity of animal lineages. Ectopic expression of an animal protein in, for instance, a mammalian cell line is a generally used strategy in structure-function analysis. However, this might turn out to be problematic in case of distantly related species. Here we analyzed the GC content of the coding sequences of basal animals and show its impact on gene expression levels in human cell lines, and, importantly, how this expression efficiency can be improved. Optimization of the GC3 content in the coding sequences of cadherin, alpha-catenin, and paracaspase of Trichoplax adhaerens dramatically increased the expression of these basal animal genes in human cell lines.

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Evolution, MolecularPhylogenyAnimalsCell LineHumansMammalsProteinsProteins

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