Publications
2024
Polysaccharide sulfotransferases: the identification of putative sequences and respective functional characterisation.
Mistry, R., Byrne, D. P., Starns, D., Barsukov, I. L., Yates, E. A., & Fernig, D. G. (2024). Polysaccharide sulfotransferases: the identification of putative sequences and respective functional characterisation.. Essays in biochemistry, EBC20230094. doi:10.1042/ebc20230094
What is new in FungiDB: a web-based bioinformatics platform for omics-scale data analysis for fungal and oomycete species.
Basenko, E. Y., Shanmugasundram, A., Böhme, U., Starns, D., Wilkinson, P. A., Davison, H. R., . . . Jones, A. (2024). What is new in FungiDB: a web-based bioinformatics platform for omics-scale data analysis for fungal and oomycete species.. Genetics, iyae035. doi:10.1093/genetics/iyae035
2023
VEuPathDB: the eukaryotic pathogen, vector and host bioinformatics resource center in 2023.
Alvarez-Jarreta, J., Amos, B., Aurrecoechea, C., Bah, S., Barba, M., Barreto, A., . . . Zheng, J. (2023). VEuPathDB: the eukaryotic pathogen, vector and host bioinformatics resource center in 2023.. Nucleic acids research, gkad1003. doi:10.1093/nar/gkad1003
TriTrypDB: An integrated functional genomics resource for kinetoplastida.
Shanmugasundram, A., Starns, D., Böhme, U., Amos, B., Wilkinson, P. A., Harb, O. S., . . . Jones, A. R. (2023). TriTrypDB: An integrated functional genomics resource for kinetoplastida.. PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 17(1), e0011058. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0011058
2022
VEuPathDB: the eukaryotic pathogen, vector and host bioinformatics resource center
Amos, B., Aurrecoechea, C., Barba, M., Barreto, A., Basenko, E. Y., Bazant, W., . . . Zheng, J. (2022). VEuPathDB: the eukaryotic pathogen, vector and host bioinformatics resource center. NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH, 50(D1), D898-D911. doi:10.1093/nar/gkab929
2018
FungiDB: An Integrated Bioinformatic Resource for Fungi and Oomycetes
Basenko, E. Y., Pulman, J. A., Shanmugasundram, A., Harb, O. S., Crouch, K., Starns, D., . . . Hertz-Fowler, C. (2018). FungiDB: An Integrated Bioinformatic Resource for Fungi and Oomycetes. JOURNAL OF FUNGI, 4(1). doi:10.3390/jof4010039
2016
Draft Genome Sequence of the <i>Bactrocera oleae</i> Symbiont "<i>Candidatus</i> Erwinia dacicola"
Blow, F., Gioti, A., Starns, D., Ben-Yosef, M., Pasternak, Z., Jurkevitch, E., . . . Darby, A. C. (2016). Draft Genome Sequence of the <i>Bactrocera oleae</i> Symbiont "<i>Candidatus</i> Erwinia dacicola". GENOME ANNOUNCEMENTS, 4(5). doi:10.1128/genomeA.00896-16
2015
Dominant ectosymbiotic bacteria of cellulolytic protists in the termite gut also have the potential to digest lignocellulose
Yuki, M., Kuwahara, H., Shintani, M., Izawa, K., Sato, T., Starns, D., . . . Ohkuma, M. (2015). Dominant ectosymbiotic bacteria of cellulolytic protists in the termite gut also have the potential to digest lignocellulose. ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 17(12), 4942-4953. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.12945
Acetogenesis from H-2 plus CO2 and nitrogen fixation by an endosymbiotic spirochete of a termite-gut cellulolytic protist
Ohkuma, M., Noda, S., Hattori, S., Iida, T., Yuki, M., Starns, D., . . . Hongoh, Y. (2015). Acetogenesis from H-2 plus CO2 and nitrogen fixation by an endosymbiotic spirochete of a termite-gut cellulolytic protist. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 112(33), 10224-10230. doi:10.1073/pnas.1423979112
2014
Draft Genome Sequence of Cytophaga fermentans JCM 21142T, a Facultative Anaerobe Isolated from Marine Mud.
Starns, D., Oshima, K., Suda, W., Iino, T., Yuki, M., Inoue, J. -I., . . . Ohkuma, M. (2014). Draft Genome Sequence of Cytophaga fermentans JCM 21142T, a Facultative Anaerobe Isolated from Marine Mud.. Genome announcements, 2(2), e00206-e00214. doi:10.1128/genomea.00206-14