Molecular and Cellular Evolution of Microbial Eukaryotes

Dr. Peter Major

Contact information

  • Phone number: +44 (0)191 222 3481
  • e-mail adress: peter.major (at) ncl.ac.uk

Work description

Peter's publications

  • Dagan T, Roettger M, Stucken K, Landan G, Koch R, Major P, Gould SB, Goremykin VV, Rippka R, Tandeau de Marsac N, Gugger M, Lockhart PJ, Allen JF, Brune I, Maus I, Puhler A, Martin WF. Genomes of stigonematalean cyanobacteria (subsection V) and the evolution of oxygenic photosynthesis from prokaryotes to plastids. Genome Biol Evol. vol 5 p. 31-44 (2013). pubmed
  • Major P, Zimorski V, Hoffmann K, Pereira Bras X, Martin WF, Gould SB. The N-terminal sequences of four major hydrogenosomal proteins are not essential for import into hydrogenosomes of Trichomonas vaginalis. J Euk Microbiol. vol 60 p. 89?97 (2013). pubmed
  • Burstein D, Gould SB, Zimorski V, Kloesges T, Kiosse F, Major P, Martin WF, Pupko T, Dagan T. A machine-learning approach to identify hydrogenosomal proteins in Trichomonas vaginalis. Euk Cell. vol 11 p. 217-228 (2012). pubmed
  • Zimorski V, Major P, Yu R-Y, Hoffmann K, Pereira Brás X, Tucci S, Mentel M, Gould SB, Henze K, Martin WF. Evolutionary significance of anaerobic energy metabolism in eukaryotes. Endocyt Cell Res. vol 23 p. 64-68 (2012).