Publications 2009-

Gayà-Vidal, M. Albà, M.M. (2014)Uncovering adaptive evolution in the human lineage. BMC Genomics, vol. 15, iss. 1, p. 599.

Ruiz-Orera, J., Messeguer, X., Subirana, J.A., Alba, M.M. (2014) Long non-coding RNAs as a source of new peptides. eLife, vol. 3.

Santpere, G., Darre, F., Blanco, S., Alcami, A., Villoslada, P., Albà, M.M., Navarro, A. (2014) Genome-wide analysis of wild-type Epstein-Barr virus genomes derived from healthy individuals of the 1,000 Genomes Project. Genome biology and evolution, vol. 6, iss. 4, p. 846-60, 2014.

Villanueva-Cañas, JL., Faherty, S.L., Yoder, A.D., Albà, M.M. (2014) Comparative Genomics of Mammalian Hibernators Using Gene Networks. Integrative and comparative biology, 54(3):452-62.

Mulero, M.C., D. Ferres-Marco, A. Islam, P. Margalef, M. Pecoraro, A. Toll, N. Drechsel, C. Charneco, S. Davis, N. Bellora, F. Gallardo, E. López-Arribillaga, E. Asensio-Juan, V. Rodilla, J. González, M. Iglesias, V. Shih, M. M. Albà, L. Di Croce, A. Hoffmann, S. Miyamoto, J. Villà-Freixa, N. López-Bigas, W. M. Keyes, M. Dominguez, A. Bigas, and L. Espinosa (2013) Chromatin-Bound IKBalpha Regulates a Subset of Polycomb Target Genes in Differentiation and Cancer. Cancer cell, vol. 24, iss. 2, p. 151-66, 2013.

Trilling, M.+, Bellora, N.+, Rutkowski, A.J., de Graaf, M., Dickinson, P., Robertson, K., Prazeres da Costa, O., Ghazal, P., Friedel, C.C., Albà, M.M., Dölken, L. (2013) Deciphering the modulation of gene expression by type I and II interferons combining 4sU-tagging, translational arrest and in silico promoter analysis. Nucleic Acids Res. 41(17):8107-25.
+ Contributed equally

Pegueroles, C.+, Laurie, S.+, Albà, M.M. (2013) Accelerated Evolution after Gene Duplication: A Time-Dependent Process Affecting Just One Copy. Molecular Biology and Evolution May 18. 30(8):1830-42.
+ Contributed equally

Bornberg-Bauer, E., Albà, M.M. (2013) Dynamics and adaptive benefits of modular protein evolution. Current Opinion in Structural Biology, 23:459-66.

Toll-Riera, M., Albà, M.M. (2013) Emergence of novel domains in proteins. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 13:47.

Villanueva-Cañas J., Laurie, S., Albà, M.M. (2013). Improving genome-wide scans of positive selection by using protein isoforms of similar length. Genome Biology and Evolution, 5:457-67.

Radó-Trilla, N., Albà, M.M. (2012). Dissecting the role of low-complexity sequences in the evolution of vertebrate proteins. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 12:155.

Toll-Riera, M., Bostick, D., Albà*, M.M. and Plotkin*, J.B. (2012) Structure and age jointly influence rates of protein evolution. Plos Computational Biology, 8(5):e1002542. *Co-corresponding.

Laurie, S., Toll-Riera, M., Radó-Trilla, N., Albà, M.M. (2012) Sequence shortening in the rodent ancestor. Genome Research, 22: 478-485.

Shikhagaie, M., Mercé-Maldonada, E., Isern, E., Muntasell, A., Albà, M.M., López-Botet, M., Hengel, H., Angulo. A. (2012). The HCMV-specific UL1 gene encodes a late phase glycoprotein incorporated in the virion envelope. Journal of Virology, 86:4091-4101.

Toll-Riera, M., Radó-Trilla, N., Martys, F., Albà, M.M. (2012) Role of low-complexity sequences in the formation of novel protein coding sequences”. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 29:883-886.

Engel, P., Perez-Carmona, N., Albà, M.M., Robertson, K., Ghazal, P., Angulo, A. (2011) Human cytomegalovirus-encoded UL7 molecule, a cellular homologue of the SLAM family receptor CD229, attenuates cytokine production. Immunology and Cell Biology, 89:753-66.

Toll-Riera, M., Laurie, S., Radó-Trilla, N., Albà, M.M. (2011). Partial gene duplication and the formation of novel genes. Gene Duplication / Book 1, Intech. ISBN 978-953-307-387-3.

Toll-Riera, M.,Laurie, S., Albà, M.M. (2011) Lineage-specific Variation in Intensity of Natural Selection in Mammals. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 28: 383-398.

Mularoni, L., Ledda, A., Toll-Riera, M., Albà, M.M. (2010) Natural selection drives the accumulation of amino acid tandem repeats in human proteins. Genome Research, 20: 745-754.

Farré, D., Albà, M.M. (2010) Heterogeneous patterns of gene expression diversification in mammalian gene duplicates. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 27:325-335.

Morcillo-Suarez, C., Albà, M.M., Navarro, A. (2010) Genoma y enfermedades complejas. Tratado de Esclerosis Múltiple. Ed. Marge Medica Books.

Albà, M.M. (2009) Temporal aspects of gene evolution. Evolución y Adaptación: 150 años después del origen de las especies. Año Darwin, Sociedad Española de Biología Evolutiva.

Toll-Riera, M., Castelo, R., Bellora, N., Albà, M.M. (2009) Evolution of primate orphan genes. Biochemical Society Transactions, 37:778-782.

Rodilla, V., Villanueva, A., Obrador, A., Robert-Moreno, A., Fernandez-Majada, V., Bellora, N., Albà, M.M., Duñach, M., Capella, G., Bigas, A., Espinosa, Ll. (2009) Notch is downstream of Wnt signaling in colorectal cancer cells and cooperates with beta-catenin to activate a specific gene program. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106:6315-6320.

Salichs, E., Ledda, A., Mularoni, L., Albà, M.M., De la Luna, S. (2009) Genome-wide analysis of histidine repeats reveals their role in the localization of human proteins to the nuclear speckles compartment. Plos Genetics, 5: e1000397.

Toll-Riera, M., Bosch, N., Bellora, N., Castelo, R., Armengol, Ll., Estivill, X., Albà, M.M. (2009) Origin of primate orphan genes: a compartive genomics approach. Molecular Biology and Evolution 26: 603-612.