Albert J. Erives

The genomic basis of electrotaxis in Dictyostelium discoideum: Electric field sensitive amino acids are dynamically encoded en masse for the streaming-stage proteome

This study identifies electric field-sensitive amino acids in the proteome of Dictyostelium discoideum during streaming aggregation, showing increased charged and polar residues and decreased small uncharged residues.

Eukaryotic core histone diversification in light of the histone doublet and DNA topo II genes of Marseilleviridae

The paper identifies core histone doublets in Marseilleviridae viruses, suggesting a proto-eukaryotic origin for these genes and a primitive chromatin-like function in viral DNA replication.