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Selected works by Chuan Ku and others
The origin and early evolution of giant viruses as revealed by the membrane fusion proteins essential for poxvirus cell entry
Sheng Kao, Chi-Fei Kao, Wen Chang, Chuan Ku
A single-cell view of development in xylem, the most abundant tissue on Earth, across divergent tree species, incl. Trochodendron, a vessel-less angiosperm native to Taiwan.
Chia-Chun Tung, Shang-Che Kuo, Chia-Ling Yang, Jhong-He Yu, Chia-En Huang, Pin-Chien Liou, Ying-Hsuan Sun, Peng Shuai, Jung-Chen Su, Chuan Ku, Ying-Chung Jimmy Lin
Extensive cytonuclear and inter-organellar phylogenomic incongruence illuminate the complex evolutionary history and inheritance modes of genomes in unicellular algae
Tzu-Tong Kao, Tzu-Haw Wang, Chuan Ku
Gene sharing patterns across giant virus families often contradict with the core-gene phylogeny, but they can be partially explained by associations with different eukaryotic hosts
Tsu-Wang Sun, Chuan Ku
Giant eukaryotic viruses and their infection processes in ecological and evolutionary contexts
Chuan Ku
Diversity of eukaryotic hosts and virus-encoded gene functions, and their evolution across giant virus lineages and families
Tsu-Wang Sun, Chia-Ling Yang, Tzu-Tong Kao, Tzu-Haw Wang, Ming-Wei Lai, Chuan Ku
Dissecting giant virus infection one cell at a time
Chuan Ku, Uri Sheyn, Arnau Sebé-Pedrós, Shifra Ben-Dor, Daniella Schatz, Amos Tanay, Shilo Rosenwasser, Assaf Vardi
An overview of current scRNA-seq methods and their potential applications for microbial eukaryotes
Chuan Ku, Arnau Sebé-Pedrós
Philosophical Transactions B (2019)
Phylogenomic dissection of gene origins across prokaryotic groups and eukaryotes
Chuan Ku, William F. Martin
Recommended by Faculty of 1000
Testing the contributions of endosymbioses and lateral gene transfers to the eukaryotic gene repertoire
Chuan Ku, Shijulal Nelson-Sathi, Mayo Roettger, Filipa L. Sousa, Peter J. Lockhart, David Bryant, Einat Hazkani-Covo, James O. McInerney, Giddy Landan, William F. Martin
Recommended by Faculty of 1000
Eukaryotic genome evolution in the context of prokaryotic evolution: pangenomes, endosymbiosis, sex, recombinations and tree interpretations
Chuan Ku, Shijulal Nelson-Sathi, Mayo Roettger, Sriram Garg, Einat Hazkani-Covo, William F. Martin
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2015)
Full list of publications by Chuan Ku and others
Merit of integrating in situ transcriptomics and anatomical information for cell annotation and lineage construction in single‑cell analyses of Populus
Ying-Lan Chen, Jo-Wei Allison Hsieh, Shang-Che Kuo, Chung-Ting Kao, Chia-Chun Tung, Jhong-He Yu, Tien-Hsien Chang, Chuan Ku, Jianbo Xie, Deqiang Zhang, Quanzi Li, Ying-Chung Jimmy Lin
Genome Biology (2024)
Daily turnover of active giant virus infection during algal blooms revealed by single-cell transcriptomics
Gur Hevroni, Flora J. Vincent, Chuan Ku, Uri Sheyn, Assaf Vardi
Science Advances (2023)
Widespread distribution and evolution of poxviral entry-fusion complex proteins in giant viruses
Sheng Kao, Chi-Fei Kao, Wen Chang, Chuan Ku
Microbiology Spectrum (2023)
Single-cell transcriptomics unveils xylem cell development and evolution
Chia-Chun Tung, Shang-Che Kuo, Chia-Ling Yang, Jhong-He Yu, Chia-En Huang, Pin-Chien Liou, Ying-Hsuan Sun, Peng Shuai, Jung-Chen Su, Chuan Ku, Ying-Chung Jimmy Lin
Genome Biology (2023)
Widespread distribution and evolution of poxviral entry-fusion complex proteins in giant viruses
Sheng Kao, Chi-Fei Kao, Wen Chang, Chuan Ku
bioRxiv (2023)
Complete genome sequence of Phaeobacter sp. strain G2 isolated from lab culture of the calcifying alga Emiliania huxleyi
Siwat Chang, Tzu-Haw Wang, Ming-Wei Lai, Chuan Ku
Microbiology Resource Announcements (2023)
Daily turnover of active giant virus infection during algal blooms revealed by single-cell transcriptomics
Gur Hevroni, Flora J. Vincent, Chuan Ku, Uri Sheyn, Assaf Vardi
bioRxiv (2022)
Rampant nuclear-mitochondrial-plastid phylogenomic discordance in globally distributed calcifying microalgae
Tzu-Tong Kao, Tzu-Haw Wang, Chuan Ku
New Phytologist (2022)
Single-cell transcriptomics unveils xylem cell development and evolution
Chia-Chun Tung, Shang-Che Kuo, Chia-Ling Yang, Chia-En Huang, Jhong-He Yu, Ying-Hsuan Sun, Peng Shuai, Jung-Chen Su, Chuan Ku, Ying-Chung Jimmy Lin
bioRxiv (2021)
Unraveling gene content variation across eukaryotic giant viruses based on network analyses and host associations
Tsu-Wang Sun, Chuan Ku
Virus Evolution (2021)
Giant virus-eukaryote interactions as ecological and evolutionary driving forces
Chuan Ku
mSystems (2021)
Host range and coding potential of eukaryotic giant viruses
Tsu-Wang Sun, Chia-Ling Yang, Tzu-Tong Kao, Tzu-Haw Wang, Ming-Wei Lai, Chuan Ku
Viruses (2020)
A single-cell view on alga-virus interactions reveals sequential transcriptional programs and infection states
Chuan Ku, Uri Sheyn, Arnau Sebé-Pedrós, Shifra Ben-Dor, Daniella Schatz, Amos Tanay, Shilo Rosenwasser, Assaf Vardi
Science Advances (2020)
Did giant and large dsDNA viruses originate before their eukaryotic hosts?
Chuan Ku, Tsu-Wang Sun
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2020)
Using single-cell transcriptomics to understand functional states and interactions in microbial eukaryotes
Chuan Ku, Arnau Sebé-Pedrós
Philosophical Transactions B (2019)
Tracking infection dynamics at single-cell level reveals highly-resolved expression programs of a large virus infecting algal blooms
Chuan Ku, Uri Sheyn, Arnau Sebé-Pedrós, Shifra Ben-Dor, Daniella Schatz, Amos Tanay, Shilo Rosenwasser, Assaf Vardi
bioRxiv (2019)
Complete genome sequence of Sulfitobacter sp. strain D7, a virulent bacterium isolated from an Emiliania huxleyi algal bloom in the North Atlantic
Chuan Ku, Noa Barak-Gavish, Mark Maienschein-Cline, Stefan J. Green, Assaf Vardi
Microbiology Resource Announcements (2018)
Bacterial virulence against an oceanic bloom-forming phytoplankter is mediated by algal DMSP
Noa Barak-Gavish, Miguel Frada, Chuan Ku, Peter A. Lee, Giacomo R. DiTullio, Sergey Malitsky, Asaph Aharoni, Stefan J. Green, Ron Rotkopf, Elena Kartvelishvily, Uri Sheyn, Daniella Schatz, Assaf Vardi
Science Advances (2018)
Late mitochondrial origin is an artefact
William F. Martin, Mayo Roettger, Chuan Ku, Sriram G. Garg, Shijulal Nelson-Sathi, Giddy Landan
Genome Biology and Evolution (2017)
A natural barrier to lateral gene transfer from prokaryotes to eukaryotes revealed from genomes: the 70% rule
Chuan Ku, William F. Martin
BMC Biology (2016)
Endosymbiotic origin and differential loss of eukaryotic genes
Chuan Ku, Shijulal Nelson-Sathi, Mayo Roettger, Filipa L. Sousa, Peter J. Lockhart, David Bryant, Einat Hazkani-Covo, James O. McInerney, Giddy Landan, William F. Martin
Nature (2015)
Endosymbiotic gene transfer from prokaryotic pangenomes: Inherited chimerism in eukaryotes
Chuan Ku, Shijulal Nelson-Sathi, Mayo Roettger, Sriram Garg, Einat Hazkani-Covo, William F. Martin
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2015)
Plastid origin: Who, when and why?
Chuan Ku, Mayo Roettger, Verena Zimorski, Shijulal Nelson-Sathi, Filipa L. Sousa, William F. Martin
Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae (2014)
Endosymbiotic theory for organelle origins
Verena Zimorski, Chuan Ku, William F. Martin, Sven B. Gould
Current Opinion in Microbiology (2014)
Molecular evolution of the actin-like MreB protein gene family in wall-less bacteria
Chuan Ku, Wen-Sui Lo, Chih-Horng Kuo
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications (2014)
Molecular evolution of the substrate utilization strategies and putative virulence factors in mosquito-associated Spiroplasma species
Tean-Hsu Chang, Wen-Sui Lo, Chuan Ku, Ling-Ling Chen, Chih-Horng Kuo
Genome Biology and Evolution (2014)
Complete genome sequence of Spiroplasma apis B31T (ATCC 33834), a bacterium associated with May disease of honeybees (Apis mellifera)
Chuan Ku, Wen-Sui Lo, Ling-Ling Chen, Chih-Horng
Genome Announcements (2014)
Phylogenetic and cophylogenetic analyses of the leaf-nodule symbiosis in Ardisia subgenus Crispardisia (Myrsinaceae): Evidence from nuclear and chloroplast markers and bacterial rrn operons
Chuan Ku, Jer-Ming Hu
International Journal of Plant Sciences (2014)
Horizontal transfer of potential mobile units in phytoplasmas
Chuan Ku, Wen-Sui Lo, Chih-Horng Kuo
Mobile Genetic Elements (2013)
Comparison of metabolic capacities and inference of gene content evolution in mosquito-associated Spiroplasma diminutum and S. taiwanense
Wen-Sui Lo, Chuan Ku, Ling-Ling Chen, Tean-Hsu Chang, Chih-Horng Kuo
Genome Biology and Evolution (2013)
The complete plastid genome sequence of Madagascar periwinkle Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don: Plastid genome evolution, molecular marker identification, and phylogenetic implications in asterids
Chuan Ku, Wan-Chia Chung, Ling-Ling Chen, Chih-Horng Kuo
PLoS ONE (2013)
Complete genomes of two dipteran-associated spiroplasmas provided insights into the origin, dynamics, and impacts of viral invasion in Spiroplasma
Chuan Ku, Wen-Sui Lo, Ling-Ling Chen, Chih-Horng Kuo
Genome Biology and Evolution (2013)
Complete plastid genome sequence of the basal asterid Ardisia polysticta Miq. and comparative analyses of asterid plastid genomes
Chuan Ku, Jer-Ming Hu, Chih-Horng Kuo
PLoS ONE (2013)
Dispersal of airborne pollen in Chatienshan nature reserve, northern Taiwan, with emphasis on Taiwan beech
Chuan Ku, Liang-Chi Wang, Su-Hwa Chen
Taiwania (2012)
