Publications by authors named "Reed Boohar"

Article Synopsis
  • The text focuses on the cluster of differentiation 36 (CD36) domain, which is important for class B scavenger receptor (SR-B) proteins implicated in biological processes like immunity and metabolism in bilaterians.
  • It discusses the analysis of SR-B homologs from 165 eukaryotic species, supporting the idea that these proteins have an ancient evolutionary origin with a common ancestor.
  • The research findings indicate that while SR-B proteins maintain a similar structure (a beta barrel tertiary structure), there are unique adaptations in the CD36 ectodomain's apex region that may influence how different species sense ligands.
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Cnidarians display a wide diversity of life cycles. Among the main cnidarian clades, only Medusozoa possesses a swimming life cycle stage called the medusa, alternating with a benthic polyp stage. The medusa stage was repeatedly lost during medusozoan evolution, notably in the most diverse medusozoan class, Hydrozoa.

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