- Tanifuji G., Archibald JM., Hashimoto T. (2016) Comparative genomics of mitochondria in chlorarachniophyte algae: endosymbiotic gene transfer and organellar genome dynamics. Sci. Rep. 6, 21016.
- Cenci U., Moog D., Curtis BA., Tanifuji G., Eme L., Lukeš J., Archibald JM. (2016) Heme pathway evolution in kinetoplastid protists. BMC Evol. Biol. 16:109.
- Noguchi F., Tanifuji G., Brown MW., Fujikura K., Takishita K. (2016) Complex evolution of two types of cardiolipin synthase in the eukaryotic lineage stramenopiles. Mol. Phylo. Evol., 101 133-141
- David V., Flegontov P., Gerasimov E., Tanifuji G., Hashimi H., Logacheva MD., Maruyama S., Onodera NT., Gray MW., Archibald JM., Lukeš J. (2015) Gene loss and error-prone RNA editing in the mitochondrion of Perkinsela, an endosymbiotic kinetoplastid. mBio. 6 (6) e01498-15.
- Kamikawa R., Tanifuji G., Ishikawa SA., Ishii K, Matsuno Y., Onodera NT., Ishida K., Hashimoto T., Miyashita H., Mayama S., Inagaki Y. (2015) Proposal of a twin-arginine translocator system-mediated constraint against loss of ATP synthase genes from nonphotosynthetic plastid genomes. Mol. Biol. Evol. 32 (10) 2598-2604.
- Tanifuji G., Onodera NT., Moore CE., Archibald JM. (2014) Reduced nuclear genomes maintain high gene transcription levels. Mol. Biol. Evol. 31, 625-635.
- Tanifuji G., Onodera NT, Brown MW, Curtis BA, Roger AJ, Wong GKS, Melkonian M, Archibal JM. (2014) Nucleomorph and plastid genome sequences of the chlorarachniophyte Lotharella oceanic: convergent reductive evolution and frequent recombination in nucleomorph-bearing algae. BMC Genomics 15, 374.
- Kamikawa R., Tanifuji G., Kawachi M., Miyashita H., Hashimoto T., Inagaki Y. (2014) Plastid genome-based phylogeny pinpointed the origin of the green-colored plastid in the dinoflagellate Lepidodinium chlorophorum. Genome. Biol. Evol. 7 (4) 1133-1140.
- Nakayama T., Kamikawa R., Tanifuji G., Kashiyama Y., Ohkouchi N, Archibald JM, Inagaki Y. (2014) Complete genome of a nonphotosynthetic cyanobacterium in a diatom reveals recent adaptations to an intracellular lifestyle. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 111, 11407-114121.
- Flegontov P, Votypka J, Skalicky T, Logacheva MD, Penin AA, Tanifuji G., Onodera NT, Kondrashov AS, Volf P, Archibald JM, Lukes J, (2013) Paratrypanosoma is a novel early-branching trypanosomatid. Curr. Biol. 23, 1787-1793.
- Curtis BA., Tanifuji G., Burki F., Gruber A., Irimia M., Maruyama S., Arias MC., Ball SG., Gile GH., Hirakawa Y, Hopkins JF, Kuo A., Rensing SA., Schmutz J., Symeonidi A., Elias M., Eveleigh RJM., Herman EK., Klute MJ., Nakayama T., Oborník M., Reyes-Prieto A., Armbrust EV., Aves ST., Beiko RG., Coutinho P., Dacks JB, Durnford DG., Fast NM., Green BR., Grisdale C., Hempel F., Henrissat B., Höppner MP., Ishida K., Kim E., Kořený L., Kroth PG., Liu Y, Malik S., Maier UG., McRose D., Mock T., Neilson JAD., Onodera NT., Poole AM., Pritham EJ., Richards TA., Rocap G., Roy AW., Sarai C., Schaack S., Shirato S., Slamovits CH., Spencer DF., Suzuki S., Worden AZ., Zauner S., Barry K., Bell C., Bharti AK., Crow JA., Grimwood J., Kramer R., Lindquist E., Lucas S., Salamov A., McFadden GI., Lane CE., Keeling PJ., Gray MW., Grigoriev IV., Archibald JM. (2012) Algal genomes reveal evolutionary mosaicism and the fate of nucleomorphs. Nature 495, 59-65.
- Moore CE, Curtis BA, Mills T, Tanifuji G, Archibald JM. (2012) Nucleomorph genome sequence of the cryptophyte alga Chroomonas mesostigmatica reveals lineage-specific gene loss and genome complexity. Genome Biol. Evol. 4, 1162-1175.
- Tanifuji G., Kim E., Onodera NT., Gibeault R., Dlutek M., Cawthorn RJ., Fiala I., Lukes, J., Greenwood SJ., Archibald JM. (2011) Genomic characterization of Neoparamoeba pemaquidensis (Amoebozoa) and its kinetoplastid endosymbiont. Eukaryot. Cell, 10, 1143-1146.
- Goro Tanifuji (2011) Reductive genome evolution in nucleomorphs. Jpn. J. Protozool. Vol. 44, No. 2
- Tanifuji G., Onodera NT., Wheeler TJ., Dlutek M., Donaher N., Archibald JM. (2011) Complete nucleomorph genome sequence of the non-photosynthetic alga Cryptomonas paramecium reveals a core nucleomorph gene set. Genome Biol. Evol. 3, 44-54.
- Tanifuji G., and Archibald, JM. (2010) Actin gene family dynamics in cryptomonads and red algae. J. Mol. Evol. 71(3) 169-179.
- Tanifuji G., Onodera NT., Hara Y. (2010) Nucleomorph genome diversity and its phylogenetic implications in cryptomonad algae. Phycol. Res. 58 (3) 230-237.
- Donaher N., Tanifuji G., Onodera NT., Malfatti SA., Chain PGS., Hara Y., Archibald JM. (2009) The complete plastid genome sequence of the secondarily non photosynthetic alga Cryptomonas paramecium: Reduction, compaction, and accelerated evolutionary rate. Genome Biol. Evol. 1: 439-448.
- Tanifuji G., Onodera N., Erata M., Ishida K., Hara Y. (2006) Diversity of actin-coding genes in cryptomonads of secondary symbiotic organisms and their evolutionary implications. J. Plant Res. 119 (3) 205 - 215.
- Uchida H., Suzuki K., Tanifuji G., Yamaguchi T., Misumi O., Kuroiwa T., Hara Y. (2004) cAMP responsive element-like sequences are detected in the upstream region of a mating gene of the green alga, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Cytologia 69(1): 63-68.
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